Annual migration of Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii from the United Arab Emirates

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 155-161

  Launay, Frédéric ^a   Combreau, Olivier ^a   Bowardi, Mohammed Al ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; MIGRATION; MONITORING;

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII; GRUIFORMES; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 0032749377     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900002276     Document Type: Article

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