Display-sites selection by houbara bustard (Chlamydotis [undulata] macqueenii) in Mori, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 625-631

  Yang, Weikang ^a   Qiao, Jianfang ^b   Combreau, Olivier ^c   Gao, Xingyi ^b   Zhong, Wenqin ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

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

Author keywords

Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii; Display sites selection; Habitat selection, China; Houbara bustard

Indexed keywords

BIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; SHRUB; SITE SELECTION;

CHINA; MORI; XINJIANG UYGUR;

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 0036701199     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-1963(02)90978-X     Document Type: Article

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