Mortality of released captive-bred Copper Pheasants in a natural refuge area of Japan

Ornithological Science

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 125-130

  Kawaji, Noritomo ^a   Maruyama, Tetsuya ^b   Yano, Yukihiro ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b Tochigi Prefectural Government   (Japan)

^c Tochigi Prefectural Citizen's Park   (Japan)

Author keywords

Captive bred Copper Pheasant; Mortality; Radio tracking; Release

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857682621     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.8.125     Document Type: Article

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