Conservation breeding for reintroductions: Assessing survival in a captive flock of houbara bustards

Animal Conservation

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 195-201

  Van Heezik, Yolanda ^a   Ostrowski, Stéphane ^a  

^a NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0040970443     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943001001238     Document Type: Article

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