Revising estimates of the Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) population size in the Bangweulu Swamp, Zambia, through a combination of aerial surveys and habitat suitability modelling

Ostrich

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 25-30

  Roxburgh, Lizanne ^a,b   Buchanan, Graeme M ^c  

^a Zambian Ornithological Society   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; BALAENICEPS REX; CYPERUS PAPYRUS;

EID: 77949574786     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2010.455815     Document Type: Article

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