Bird community structure in natural and urbanized habitats along an altitudinal gradient in Pauri district (Garhwal Himalaya) of Uttarakhand state, India

Biologia

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 800-808

  Naithani, Archana ^a   Bhatt, Dinesh ^a  

^a GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

altitudinal gradient; avian diversity; bird community structure; western Himalaya

Indexed keywords

AVES; LOPHURA LEUCOMELANOS; PUCRASIA;

EID: 84863309093     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-012-0068-z     Document Type: Article

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