Running out of time? The great Indian bustard Ardeotis nigriceps-status, viability, and conservation strategies

European Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 615-625

  Dutta, Sutirtha ^a   Rahmani, Asad R ^b   Jhala, Yadvendradev V ^a  

^a WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

Author keywords

Endangered; Environmental stochasticity; Ex situ conservation; Grassland; Poaching; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

ARDEOTIS NIGRICEPS; AVES;

EID: 79956286783     PISSN: 16124642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10344-010-0472-z     Document Type: Article

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