Summer habitat selection by houbara bustards introduced in central Saudi Arabia

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 149-160

  Combreau, Olivier ^a   Smith, Tommy R ^b  

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

^b ROYAL BELGIAN INSTITUTE OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

arid; Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii; desert; habitat selection; houbara bustard; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; HOUBARA BUSTARD; INTRODUCED BIRD;

SAUDI ARABIA;

ARANEAE; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII; COLEOPTERA; TENEBRIONIDAE;

EID: 0031128666     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jare.1996.0183     Document Type: Article

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