Raptor declines in West Africa: Comparisons between protected, buffer and cultivated areas

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Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 322-329

  Thiollay, Jean Marc ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

Author keywords

Burkina faso; Distribution; Population size; Protected areas; Raptors; Savannah; West Africa

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BUFFER ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISTURBANCE; DRY SEASON; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; PROTECTED AREA; RAPTOR; SAMPLING; SAVANNA; TRANSECT;

AFRICA; BURKINA FASO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; BUCORVUS ABYSSINICUS; NEOTIS DENHAMI; NUMIDA MELEAGRIS; RAPTORES; SAGITTARIUS SERPENTARIUS;

EID: 35349000792     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307000809     Document Type: Article

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