Nesting status of African White-backed Vultures Gyps Africanus in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Ostrich

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 205-209

  Virani, Munir ^a,d   Kirui, Paul ^b   Monadjem, Ara ^c   Thomsett, Simon ^d   Githiru, Mwangi ^d  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b Kenya Professional Safari Guides Association   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GYPS AFRICANUS;

EID: 79955393445     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306525.2010.519894     Document Type: Article

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