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27 - Bird Migration across the Himalayas and Beyond: The Need for Better Conservation and Management of a Natural Wonder

from Part V - Conclusions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 April 2017

Herbert H. T. Prins
Affiliation:
Wageningen Universiteit, The Netherlands
Tsewang Namgail
Affiliation:
Snow Leopard Conservancy India Trust
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Bird Migration across the Himalayas
Wetland Functioning amidst Mountains and Glaciers
, pp. 399 - 418
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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