Landscape ecology and conservation of birds in the Western Ghats, South India

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-69

  Daniels, R J Ranjit ^a  

^a M S SWAMINATHAN RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY;

INDIA, WESTERN GHATS;

EID: 0029750046     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04313.x     Document Type: Article

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