Breeding habitat selection by the Houbara Bustard Chlamydotis [undulata] macqueenii in Mori, Xinjiang, China

Zoological Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 470-475

  Yang, Wei Kang ^a   Qiao, Jian Fang ^a   Combreau, Olivier ^b   Gao, Xing Yi ^a   Zhong, Wen Qin ^c  

^a XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

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

^c INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Breeding habitat; China; Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii; Houbara Bustard; Nest site selection

Indexed keywords

ANABASIS; CANIDAE; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA MACQUEENII;

EID: 10644271021     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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