First evidence that populations of the critically endangered Long-billed Vulture Gyps indicus in Pakistan have increased following the ban of the toxic veterinary drug diclofenac in south Asia

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 389-397

  Chaudhry, M Jamshed I ^a,b   Ogada, Darcy L ^b   Malik, Riffat N ^c,d   Virani, Munir Z ^c,d   Giovanni, Matthew D ^c  

^a WWF Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; DRUG; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE;

PAKISTAN;

AVES; GYPS INDICUS;

EID: 84871065477     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270912000445     Document Type: Article

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