Causes and effects of temporospatial declines of Gyps vultures in Asia

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 661-671

  Pain, D J ^a   Cunningham, A A ^b   Donald, P F ^a   Duckworth, J W ^c,d   Houston, D C ^e   Katzner, T ^c,f   Parry Jones, J ^g   Poole, C ^h   Prakash, V ⁱ   Round, P ^j   Timmins, R ^d  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^d Glasgow University ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g National Birds of Prey Centre   (United Kingdom)

^h WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Cambodia)

ⁱ BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^j MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ASIA;

GYPS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0037566330     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01740.x     Document Type: Review

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