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2 - Himalayan Thoroughfare: Migratory Routes of Ducks over the Rooftop of the World

from Part I - Migratory Routes and Movement Ecology

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. 30 - 44
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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