Habitat preferences, population size and demographic trends of houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata in Lanzarote and la Graciosa (Canary Islands);Preferencias de hábitat, estima y tendencias poblacionales de la avutarda hubara Chlamydotis undulata en Lanzarote y La Graciosa (Islas Canarias)

Ardeola

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 251-269

  Carrascal, Luis M ^a   Seoane, Javier ^b   Palomino, David ^a,d   Alonso, César Luis ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^d Sociedad Española de Ornitología   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Conservation measures; Demographic trends; Habitat preferences; Houbara Bbustard; Lanzarote; Population size; Steppe land environments

Indexed keywords

EID: 39749170000     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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