Status and distribution of the White-bellied Shortwing Brachypteryx major in the Western Ghats of Karnataka and Goa, India

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 345-351

  Robin, V Vijayan ^a   Sukumar, R ^a   Thiollay, J M ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b CP51   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISTURBANCE; ENDEMIC SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; EURASIA; GOA; INDIA; KARNATAKA; SOUTH ASIA; WESTERN GHATS;

AVES; BRACHYPTERYX MAJOR;

EID: 33845522749     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270906000517     Document Type: Article

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