Seasonal changes in habitat use of blue-eared pheasant, crossoptilon auritum

Pakistan Journal of Zoology

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1699-1704

  Yi Qun, Wu ^a   Xiu, Xu ^a   Nai Fa, Liu ^b   Feng, Xu ^c  

^a WEINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c XINJIANG INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY   (China)

Author keywords

Blue eared pheasant; Brown eared pheasant; Golden pheasant; Lady Amherst pheasant

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BREEDING SEASON; DISTURBANCE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GAMEBIRD; HABITAT USE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEASONALITY; SURVIVAL; TERRAIN; TERRITORY;

CHINA; GAHAI-ZECHA NATIONAL NATURE RESERVE; GANSU;

EID: 84891387356     PISSN: 00309923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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