Assessing the distribution, habitat, and population size of the threatened Dupont's lark Chersophilus duponti in Morocco: Lessons for conservation

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Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 592-599

  García, Jesús T ^a,b   Suárez, Francisco ^a   Garza, Vicente ^a   Justribó, Jorge H ^a   Oñate, Juan J ^a   Hervás, Israel ^a   Calero, María ^a   García De La Morena, Eladio L ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Chersophilus duponti; Distribution; Dupont's lark; Morocco; North Africa; Steppe

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CENSUS; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STEPPE;

AFRICA; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

AVES; CHERSOPHILUS DUPONTI; STIPA;

EID: 53949119115     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308000653     Document Type: Article

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