The avifauna of the Vietnamese Mekong Delta

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 279-322

  Buckton, Sebastian T ^a,b   Safford, Roger J ^c,d  

^a BirdLife International in Indochina   (Viet Nam)

^b WILDFOWL AND WETLANDS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM; WORLD;

EID: 20344379668     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270904000346     Document Type: Article

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