Dramatic decline of the Vulnerable Reeves's pheasant Syrmaticus reevesii, endemic to central China

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Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 529-534

  Zhou, Chunfa ^a   Xu, Jiliang ^b   Zhang, Zhengwang ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; distribution; population status; Reeves's pheasant; Syrmaticus reevesii; threats

Indexed keywords

SYRMATICUS REEVESI;

EID: 84934442554     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313000914     Document Type: Article

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