Determining woodpecker diversity in the sub-Himalayan forests of northern India using call playbacks

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-222

  Kumar, Raman ^a   Singh, Pratap ^b  

^a Centre for Wildlife Studies   (India)

^b WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

Author keywords

Acoustic surveys; Call broadcast; Conspecific calls; Sal forest; South Asia; Species diversity

Indexed keywords

PICIDAE; SHOREA ROBUSTA;

EID: 77954167235     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: 15579263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1557-9263.2009.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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