The bird community of Shingba Rhododendron wildlife sanctuary, Sikkim, Eastern Himalaya, India

Tropical Ecology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 149-159

  Acharya, Bhoj Kumar ^a   Vijayan, Lalitha ^a   Chettri, Basundhara ^a  

^a SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

Author keywords

Bird community; Conservation; Himalaya; Seasonality; Shingba Rhododendron sanctuary; Sikkim; Tourism; Yumthang

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOTOURISM; NEW RECORD; PROTECTED AREA; TOURIST BEHAVIOR;

HIMALAYAS; INDIA; SHINGBA RHODODENDRON SANCTUARY; SIKKIM;

AVES; RHODODENDRON;

EID: 77049092562     PISSN: 05643295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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