Mortality of sarus cranes (Grus antigone) due to electricity wires in Uttar Pradesh, India

Although overhead electrical wires are known to have caused severe declines of bird populations, there are no studies in India that address this danger, even for endangered species. Rates of mortality, factors affecting mortality and population effects of electrical wires on the globally endangered...

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Published in:	Environmental conservation Vol. 32; no. 3; pp. 260 - 269
Main Authors:	SUNDAR, K.S.G., CHOUDHURY, B.C.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.09.2005 CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Subjects:	Animal breeding Animal, plant and microbial ecology Applied ecology Aviculture Biological and medical sciences Bird populations Birds Breeding collision Comparative analysis Conservation, protection and management of environment and wildlife Death Electric power lines Electricity electricity wires electrocution Electrocutions Endangered species Energy conservation Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology General aspects Grus antigone Habitats Mortality mortality rate Parks, reserves, wildlife conservation. Endangered species: population survey and restocking Power lines sarus crane Territories Uttar Pradesh Wildlife conservation India India, Uttar Pradesh sarus crane collision electrocution electricity wires mortality rate Uttar Pradesh Vertebrata Electrocution Mortality Collision Aves Environmental protection
ISSN:	0376-8929, 1469-4387
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