Status and habitat preference of white-bellied shortwing Brachypteryx major in the Western Ghats (Kerala and Tamilnadu), India

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 335-352

  Robin, V V ^a   Sukumar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

INDIA;

BRACHYPTERYX MAJOR;

EID: 0036972722     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270902002216     Document Type: Article

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