Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis undulata undulata in Tunisia: Present status and geographic distribution;L'Outarde houbara Chlamydotis undulata undulata en Tunisie: Statut actuel et distribution géographique

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Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-47

  Chammem, Mohsen ^a   Khorchani, Touhami ^a   Boukhris, Mekki ^b   Combreau, Olivier ^c   Chniti, Lamine ^d   Hammadi, Mohamed ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES RÉGIONS ARIDES   (Tunisia)

^b Faculté des Sciences de Sfax   (Tunisia)

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

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Chlamydotis undulata undulata; Houbara Bustard; South Tunisia; Status

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT; PASSERINE; RECORD;

TUNISIA;

CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 0038643544     PISSN: 00024619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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