Status, ecology, and conservation of the Himalayan Griffon Gyps himalayensis (Aves, Accipitridae) in the Tibetan Plateau

Ambio

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 166-173

  Lu, Xin ^a   Ke, Dianhua ^a   Zeng, Xianhai ^a   Gong, Guohong ^a   Ci, Ren ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIBET UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONSERVATION STATUS; ELEVATION; GROUP SIZE; MEADOW; PLATEAU; RAPTOR; SCAVENGING (CHEMISTRY);

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHINA; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIBET;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; BOS GRUNNIENS; GYPS; GYPS HIMALAYENSIS; UNGULATA;

EID: 67649646594     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1579/0044-7447-38.3.166     Document Type: Article

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63. First submitted 17 May 2007. Accepted for publication 20 May 2008.