Assessment of the conservation status of partridges and pheasants in South East Asia

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1321-1337

  McGowan, Philip ^a,b   Gillman, Michael ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ecoscope Applied Ecologists   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Partridges; Pheasants; South East Asia; Tropical forest

Indexed keywords

BIRD SURVEY; BLUE-BREASTED QUAIL; CONSERVATION STATUS; GREEN PEAFOWL; HILL-PARTRIDGE; PEACOCK PHEASANT;

(SOUTHEAST); ASIA;

ARBOROPHILA; ARBOROPHILA TORQUEOLA; AVES; COTURNIX; COTURNIX CHINENSIS; PAVO MUTICUS; PHASIANIDAE; POLYPLECTRON; POLYPLECTRON BICALCARATUM;

EID: 0030715389     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018381428622     Document Type: Article

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