Rapid population declines and mortality clusters in three Oriental white-backed vulture Gyps bengalensis colonies in Pakistan due to diclofenac poisoning

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Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 388-399

  Gilbert, Martin ^a,d   Watson, Richard T ^a   Virani, Munir Z ^a   Oaks, J Lindsay ^b   Ahmed, Shakeel ^c   Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal ^c   Arshad, Muhammad ^c   Mahmood, Shahid ^c   Ali, Ahmad ^c   Khan, Aleem A ^c  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ornithological Society of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^d WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diclofenac; Gyps bengalensis; Mortality cluster; Pakistan; Population decline; Visceral gout; Vulture

Indexed keywords

COLONY; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DRUG; MORTALITY; POINT SOURCE; POISONING; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

GYPS; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS; SCAPTERISCUS DIDACTYLUS;

EID: 33846072939     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306001347     Document Type: Article

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