An assessment of annual mortality rates in adult-sized migrant houbara bustards (Chlamydotis [undulata] macqueenii)

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 133-141

  Combreau, Olivier ^a   Launay, Frédéric ^a   Lawrence, Mark ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII; OTIDIDAE;

EID: 0038277896     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001160     Document Type: Article

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