Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius population trends and ecology: Insights from South African citizen science data

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Hofmeyr, Sally D ^a,b   Symes, Craig T ^a   Underhill, Leslie G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; BIOME; BIRD; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; SAGITTARIUS SERPENTARIUS; SECRETARYBIRD; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TREND STUDY; VEGETATION; WINTER; ANIMAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS AND RELATED PHENOMENA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; DATA COLLECTION; ECOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84901236354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096772     Document Type: Article

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