Human acitivities affect the potential distribution of the houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata undulata

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Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 21-30

  Le Cuziat, Joseph ^c   Vidal, Eric ^b   Roche, Philip ^b   Lacroix, Frédéric ^a  

^a Emirates Center for Wildlife Propagation (ECWP)   (Morocco)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Maghreb; Pastoralism impacts; Ripley's K function; Seasonal variations; Spatial patterns of occurrence

Indexed keywords

CAPRA HIRCUS; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA UNDULATA; OTIDIDAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 27744577305     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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