Bird assemblages in natural and urbanized habitats along elevational gradient in nainital district (Western Himalaya) of Uttarakhand State, India

Current Zoology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-329

  Bhatt, Dinesh ^a   Joshi, Kamal K ^a  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Avian biodiversity; Urbanization; Western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

AVES;

EID: 79955568732     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/57.3.318     Document Type: Article

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