Breeding and mortality of oriental white-backed vulture Gyps bengalensis in Punjab Province, Pakistan

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 311-326

  Gilbert, Martin ^a   Virani, Munir Z ^a   Watson, Richard T ^a   Oaks, J Lindsay ^b   Benson, Patrick C ^c   Khan, Aleem A ^d   Ahmed, Shakeel ^d   Chaudhry, Jamshed ^d   Arshad, Muhammad ^d   Mahmood, Shahid ^d   Shah, Qaswar Ali ^d  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d Ornithological Society of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PAKISTAN;

GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS; GYPS INDICUS; RAPTORES; SCAPTERISCUS DIDACTYLUS;

EID: 0036972406     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270902002198     Document Type: Article

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