Role of buildings as nest-sites in the range expansion and conservation of choughs Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax in Spain

Biological Conservation

Volumn 79, Issue 2-3, 1997, Pages 117-122

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^b   Tella, José L ^c   Cuevas, Jesús A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

chough; conservation; nest sites; population; Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax; range expansion; Spain

Indexed keywords

PYRRHOCORAX PYRRHOCORAX;

BUILDING; CHOUGH; NEST SITE; RANGE EXPANSION;

SPAIN, ARAGON, LOS MONEGROS; SPAIN, CASTILLA AND LEON, CAMPO AZALVARO; SPAIN, MADRID;

EID: 0030620583     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(96)00118-8     Document Type: Article

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