Population size and habitat relationships of Black-bellied Sandgrouse Pterocles orientalis in the Canary Islands, Spain

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 161-175

  Seoane, Javier ^a   Carrascal, Luis M ^b   Palomino, David ^c   Alonso, C Luis ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c Sociedad Española de Ornitología ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; HABITAT TYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

CANARY ISLANDS; LANZAROTE; LAS PALMAS; SPAIN;

AVES; PTEROCLES ORIENTALIS; PTEROCLIDIDAE;

EID: 77956228817     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270909990207     Document Type: Article

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