Long term stability of White-necked Picathartes population in south-east Sierra Leone

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 170-183

  Monticelli, David ^a,c   Siaka, Alhaji ^b   Buchanan, Graeme M ^a   Wotton, Simon ^a   Morris, Tony ^a   Wardill, Jim C ^a   Lindsell, Jeremy A ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Gola Forest Programme   (Sierra Leone)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; COLONY; CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; PASSERINE;

EASTERN PROVINCE [SIERRA LEONE]; GOLA FOREST RESERVE; SIERRA LEONE;

AVES; PICATHARTES; PICATHARTES GYMNOCEPHALUS;

EID: 84862548910     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270911000220     Document Type: Article

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