Sex-specific habitat use by a lekking bustard: Conservation implications for the critically endangered Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis) in an intensifying agroecosystem

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 112-122

  Gray, Thomas N E ^a,e   Chamnan, Hong ^b   Collar, Nigel J ^c,d   Dolman, Paul M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Wildlife Conservation Society Cambodia   (Cambodia)

^c BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e WWF Greater Mekong   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

Bengal Florican; Bustard; Cambodia; Conservation; Houbaropsis bengalensis; Lekking; Radiotelemetry; Sex specific habitat use

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE CHANGE; LEK; RADIOTELEMETRY; RANGE SIZE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TONLE LAKE;

HOUBAROPSIS BENGALENSIS;

EID: 67650479292     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08023     Document Type: Article

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