Habitat degradation and conservation status assessment of gallinaceous birds in the Trans-Himalayas, China

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1335-1341

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Ren, Guopeng ^a,b   He, Yuanhui ^a   Zhu, Jianguo ^a  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Conservation status; Gallinaceous forest birds; Geographic Information System; Habitat degradation; Northwestern Yunnan; Trans Himalayas

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONSERVATION STATUS; GAMEBIRD; GIS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; MAPPING METHOD; NATURE RESERVE; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HIMALAYAS; YUNNAN;

AVES; GALLIFORMES;

EID: 50249134196     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-077     Document Type: Article

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