Rediscovery of the Timor Bush Warbler Locustella timorensis on Alor and Timor, Wallacea: Clarifying taxonomic affinities, defining habitat and survey recommendations

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 354-369

  Trainor, Colin R ^a,b   Verbelen, Philippe ^c   Hoste, Serge ^d  

^a CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ENVAustralia   (Australia)

^c WE06V University of Ghent ^*  (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; ORNITHOLOGY; POPULATION ECOLOGY; SONGBIRD;

ALOR ISLANDS; EAST NUSA TENGGARA; INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR;

AVES; CETTIA; GABAZA; LOCUSTELLA;

EID: 84866366606     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270911000530     Document Type: Article

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