Group size and habitat use by Black-necked Storks Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus in an agriculture-dominated landscape in Uttar Pradesh, India

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 323-334

  Sundar, K S Gopi ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL CRANE FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b Widlife Protection Society of India   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH; WORLD;

CICONIIFORMES; EPHIPPIORHYNCHUS ASIATICUS;

EID: 20344379911     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270904000358     Document Type: Article

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