Vulture restaurants and their role in reducing diclofenac exposure in Asian vultures

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-77

  Gilbert, Martin ^a,c   Watson, Richard T ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^a   Asim, Muhammad ^a   Johnson, Jeff A ^a,b  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DRUG; FOOD INTAKE; HOME RANGE; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 33947280020     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270906000621     Document Type: Article

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