Home range and habitat use of Reeves's Pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii in the protected areas created from forest farms in the Dabie Mountains, central China

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 319-330

  Xu, Ji Liang ^a,c   Zhang, Zheng Wang ^a   Zheng, Guang Mei ^a   Zhang, Xiao Hui ^a   Sun, Quan Hui ^a   Mcgowan, Philip ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b World Pheasant Association   (United Kingdom)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PROTECTED AREA; VEGETATION;

ASIA; CHINA; DABIE MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ABIES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PHASIANIDAE; SYRMATICUS REEVESI;

EID: 37049033066     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270907000834     Document Type: Article

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