Seasonal changes in habitat use by Houbara Bustards Chlamydotis [undulata] macqueenii in northern Saudi Arabia

Ibis

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 208-215

  Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a   Seddon, Philip J ^a  

^a National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; SEASONALITY; VEGETATION;

HARRAT AL-HARRAH; SAUDI ARABIA;

CAPPARIS SPINOSA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII;

EID: 0032893327     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb07543.x     Document Type: Article

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