Neck-drooping posture in oriental white-backed vultures (Gyps bengalensis): An unsuccessful predictor of mortality and its probable role in thermoregulation

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-40

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

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Ornithological Society of Pakistan   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Diclofenac; Gyps bengalensis; Head drooping; Mortality; Neck drooping; Oriental White backed Vulture; Thermoregulation

Indexed keywords

MORTALITY; POSTURE; RAPTOR; THERMOREGULATION;

AVES; GYPS; GYPS AFRICANUS; GYPS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 34347264533     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[35:NPIOWV]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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