What is it about?
Habitat selection study and population monitoring on the Endangered Green Peafowl Pavo muticus in western Thailand.
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Why is it important?
The Green Peafowl is one of the most threatened large bird species in South-East Asia. One of the initial actions required in the recovery plan is to assess status and ecology in order to understand the species’ habitat requirements, including response to habitat alteration.
Perspectives
This study has provided information on basic ecology of endangered Green Peafowl that importantly to understand the species’ habitat requirements for their conservation action plan. Moreover, this study has provided evidence of an increasing population of this species in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, western Thailand, that is a result of increase protection levels in areas.
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This page is a summary of: Micro-habitat selection and population recovery of the Endangered Green Peafowl Pavo muticus in western Thailand: implications for conservation guidance, Bird Conservation International, February 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s095927091600037x.
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