Habitat use and population density of the houbara bustard Chlamydotis undulata in Fuerteventura (Canary Islands)

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 291-302

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

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b SEO/BirdLife ^*  (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arid environments; Canary Islands; Habitat selection; Houbara bustard; Human disturbances; Population density

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RED LIST; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FUERTEVENTURA; LAS PALMAS; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; CHLAMYDOTIS UNDULATA;

EID: 50849101993     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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