Migration of the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata from Abu Dhabi to Turkmenistan; the first results from satellite tracking studies

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Volumn 139, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 192-196

  Osborne, Patrick E ^a,b   Bowardi, Mohammed Al ^a   Bailey, Thomas A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA;

EID: 0031029751     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1997.tb04527.x     Document Type: Article

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