Adaptive selection of foraging and nesting habitat by black kites (Milvus migrans) and its implications for conservation: A multi-scale approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-362

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a,b   Pedrini, Paolo ^b   Marchesi, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Trento Natural History Museum   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adaptive habitat selection; Black kite; Conservation guidelines; Foraging habitat selection; Milvus migrans; Multi scale; Nest size selection

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NATURE CONSERVATION; NESTING; RAPTOR;

ITALY;

ACCIPITRIDAE; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS;

EID: 0012864501     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(02)00332-4     Document Type: Article

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