Weather-induced mass deaths of the Common House Swift <i>Apus affinis</i> in Thengumarahada Village of the Nilgiris, southern India

Weather influences all living organisms, especially wild animals. In the case of birds, inclement weather conditions may affect them during migration and feeding that could cause mass mortality in the same species or many related species. This paper describes an incidence of mass deaths of the Commo...

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Main Authors: B. Ramakrishnan, G. Sivasubramanian, K. Ramkumar, S. Ramasubramanian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2013-12-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/1018