Known and predicted African winter distributions and habitat use of the endangered Basra reed warbler (Acrocephalus griseldis) and the near-threatened cinereous bunting (Emberiza cineracea)

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 287-299

  Walther, Bruno A ^a   Wisz, Mary S ^a,b,c   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DENVER ZOO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acrocephalus griseldis; BIOCLIM; Emberiza cineracea; Migration; Wintering distribution

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT USE; OVERWINTERING; PASSERINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ACROCEPHALUS; ACROCEPHALUS GRISELDIS; AVES; EMBERIZA; EMBERIZA CINERACEA; PASSERIFORMES; PHRAGMITES;

EID: 7744240204     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-004-0036-7     Document Type: Article

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