Are conservation actions reducing the threat to India's vulture populations?

Current Science

Volumn 101, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1480-1484

  Cuthbert, Richard J ^a   Prakash, Vibhu ^b   Saini, Mohini ^c   Upreti, Suchitra ^c   Swarup, Devendra ^c,d   Das, Asit ^c   Green, Rhys E ^a,e   Taggart, Mark ^f,g  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b BOMBAY NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (India)

^c INDIAN VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d INDIAN COUNCIL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcass; Conservation actions; Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs; Vultures

Indexed keywords

UNGULATA;

EID: 84860711236     PISSN: 00113891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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