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Protection for the great Indian bustard

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Asad Rahmani
Asad Rahmani
Affiliation:
Bombay Natural History Society, Hombill House, Shahid Bhagat Singh Road, Bombay 400 023, India.
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In 1981, as a result of Dr Sálim Ali's assessment of the deteriorating status of the great Indian bustard, the Bombay Natural History Society embarked on a five-year project to study the ecology and distribution of the bird. The author, who has worked on the great Indian bustard in three places in India and who took part in the BNHS bustard project, describes its findings.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 21 , Issue 3 , July 1987 , pp. 174 - 179
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1987

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