Breeding biology and seasonal abundance of lappet-faced vultures Torgos tracheliotus in western Saudi Arabia

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 675-683

  Newton, Stephen F ^a,b   Newton, Anne V ^a,b  

^a Interactions Ltd   (Ireland)

^b NWRC   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TORGOS TRACHELIOTUS; MAERUA CRASSIFOLIA;

BREEDING SUCCESS; LAPPET-FACED VULTURE;

SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0030304795     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1996.tb04769.x     Document Type: Article

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