Raptors in the East African tropics and western Indian Ocean islands: state of ecological knowledge and conservation status

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 28-39

  Virani, Munir ^a,b,c   Watson, Richard T ^a  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAPTOR;

AFRICA, (EAST); INDIAN OCEAN, (WEST);

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0031685494     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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