Nest-site selection and nesting success of three hornbill species in Arunachal Pradesh, north-east India: Great Hornbill Buceros bicornis, Wreathed Hornbill Aceros undulatus and Oriental Pied Hornbill Anthracoceros albirostris

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 14, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages

  Datta, Aparajita ^a,b,c   Rawat, G S ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

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

ACEROS NIPALENSIS; ACEROS UNDULATUS; ANTHRACOCEROS ALBIROSTRIS; BUCEROS BICORNIS; TETRAMELES NUDIFLORA;

EID: 23744498544     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270905000213     Document Type: Article

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