Diclofenac poisoning as a cause of vulture population declines across the Indian subcontinent

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 793-800

  Green, Rhys E ^a,b,g   Newton, Ian ^c   Shultz, Susanne ^a,d   Cunningham, Andrew A ^d   Gilbert, Martin ^e   Pain, Deborah J ^a   Prakash, Vibhu ^f  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^e THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^f BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^g Department of Zoology ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Demography; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Simulation model

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; POISONING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PAKISTAN; SOUTH ASIA;

ANIMALIA; AVES; GYPS; GYPS BENGALENSIS; GYPS INDICUS; RAPTORES; UNGULATA;

EID: 5344244816     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0021-8901.2004.00954.x     Document Type: Article

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