Is the Papuan Harrier Circus spilonotus spilothorax a globally threatened species? Ecology, climate change threats and first population estimates from Papua New Guinea

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 379-391

  Simmons, Robert E ^a,b   Legra, Leo A T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GRASSLAND; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT SELECTION; NATURE CONSERVATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAPTOR; SWAMP; UPLAND REGION; WILDFIRE;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS SPILONOTUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 74149089018     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095927090900851X     Document Type: Article

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