Implementing telemetry on new species in remote areas: Recommendations from a large-scale satellite tracking study of African waterfowl

Ostrich

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 17-26

  Cappelle, Julien ^a   Iverson, Samuel A ^b   Takekawa, John Y ^b   Newman, Scott H ^c   Dodman, Tim ^d   Gaidet, Nicolas ^a  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d WETLANDS INTERNATIONAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANAS QUERQUEDULA; ANATIDAE; AVES; HARNESS; SARKIDIORNIS MELANOTOS;

EID: 79952717292     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2011.556786     Document Type: Article

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