Migratory pathways and connectivity in asian houbara bustards: Evidence from 15 years of satellite tracking

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Combreau, Olivier ^a   Riou, Samuel ^b   Judas, Jacky ^b   Lawrence, Mark ^b   Launay, Frédéric ^c  

^a International Fund for Houbara Conservation   (United Arab Emirates)

^b National Avian Research Center AbuDhabi   (United Arab Emirates)

^c Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIA; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MALE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TELECOMMUNICATION; WINTER; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FLYING; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TELEMETRY; TIME;

AVES; OTIDIDAE;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS; SEASONS; TELEMETRY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79958132120     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020570     Document Type: Article

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