Foraging use of cultivated fields by the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata fuertaventurae Rothschild and Hartert, 1894 on Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 373-386

  Medina, Félix M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION COVER;

CANARY ISLANDS; FUERTEVENTURA;

CHLAMYDOTIS; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA FUERTAVENTURAE; FICUS (ANGIOSPERM); GRUIFORMES; INVERTEBRATA; LAUNAEA ARBORESCENS; MEDICAGO SATIVA; SALSOLA; SALSOLA VERMICULATA;

EID: 0033377908     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270900003531     Document Type: Article

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