Conservation implications of long-term population trends, environmental correlates and predictive models for Namaqua sandgrouse Pterocles namaqua

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 93-101

  Little, Robin M ^a   Crowe, Timothy M ^a   Villacastin Herrero, Carlos A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Environmental correlates; Namaqua sandgrouse; Population trends; Predictive models; Pterocles namaqua; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

PTEROCLES NAMAQUA; PTEROCLIDIDAE;

NAMAQUA SANDGROUSE; POPULATION TREND; SUSTAINABLE USE;

KIMBERLEY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0029668762     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00031-3     Document Type: Article

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