Breeding biology during establishment of a reintroduced Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus population

Ibis

Volumn 138, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 315-325

  Sarrazin, François ^a   Bagnolini, Constant ^b   Pinna, Jean Louis ^c   Danchin, Etienne ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b Fonds d'Intervention pour Les R   (France)

^c Service Scientifique et du Plan   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SUCCESS; GRIFFON VULTURE; RECRUITMENT; REINTRODUCTION;

EUROPE, PYRENEES; FRANCE, GRAND CAUSSES; FRANCE, PYRENEES; SPAIN, PYRENEES;

ACCIPITRIDAE; GYPS FULVUS;

EID: 0029775932     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.1996.tb04344.x     Document Type: Article

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