Foraging habitats and utilization distributions of Black-necked Cranes wintering at the Napahai Wetland, China

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 81, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 21-30

  Liu, Qiang ^a,b   Yang, Junxing ^a   Yang, Xiaojun ^a   Zhao, Jianlin ^c   Yu, Hongzhong ^c  

^a KUNMING INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Shangri la Forestry Bureau   (China)

Author keywords

Grus nigricollis; Habitat preference; LoCoH; Napahai; Utilization distribution

Indexed keywords

GRUIDAE; GRUS NIGRICOLLIS;

EID: 77950246671     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00257.x     Document Type: Article

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