Wintering habitat use by houbara bustards Chlamydotis undulata in Abu Dhabi and implications for management

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 51-56

  Osborne, Patrick E ^a,b   Launay, Frédéric ^a   Gliddon, Derek ^a  

^a National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abu Dhabi; habitat management; habitat use; houbara bustard; satellite tracking

Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA;

HABITAT USE; HOUBARA BUSTARD; WINTERING;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, ABU DHABI;

EID: 0030618699     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00157-7     Document Type: Article

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