Habitat preferences of a globally threatened bustard provide support for community-based conservation in Cambodia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 138, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 341-350

  Gray, Thomas N E ^a   Chamnan, Hong ^b   Borey, Ro ^b   Collar, Nigel J ^c,d   Dolman, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bustard; Human disturbance; Multi model inference; Tonle sap; Tropical grasslands

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; KEYSTONE SPECIES; PROTECTED AREA;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TONLE LAKE;

AVES; HOUBAROPSIS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 34547540311     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.04.030     Document Type: Article

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