Seasonal changes in houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii numbers in Harrat al Harrah, Saudi Arabia: Implications for managing a remnant population

Biological Conservation

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 139-146

  Seddon, Philip J ^a   Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a  

^a National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Bustard; Density; Houbara; Resource availability; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII;

HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOUBARA BUSTARD; MIGRATION; POPULATION CHANGE; SEASONALITY;

SAUDI ARABIA, HARRAT-AL-HARRAH;

EID: 0029668857     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00062-3     Document Type: Article

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