Interspecific and intraspecific aggression among griffon and cinereous vultures at nesting and foraging sites

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-79

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Traverso, José M ^b   Marchamalo, Javier ^b   Nlartínez, Félix ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aegypius monachus; Aggression; Cinereous vulture; Foraging; Griffon vulture; Gyps fulvus; Nesting

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042079052     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. ALVÁREZ, F., L. ARIAS DE REYNA AND F. HIRALDO. 1976. Interactions among avian scavengers in southern Spain. Ornis Scand. 7:215-226.
2. ANDERSON, J. AND P. HORWITZ. 1979. Competitive interactions among vultures and their avian competitors. Ibis 121:505-509.
3. ARROYO, B., E. FERREIRO AND V. GARZA. 1990. II Censo nacional de Buitre Leonado (Gyps fulvus): población, distributión, demografía y conservation. ICONA, Madrid, Spain.
4. BLANCO, G. AND F. MARTÍNEZ. 1996. Sex difference in breeding age of Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus). Auk 113:247-248.
5. DONÁZAR, J.A., O. CEBALLOS AND C. FERNÁNDEZ. 1989. Factors influencing the distribution and abundance of seven cliff-nesting raptors: a multivariate study. Pages 545-552 in B.U. Meyburg and R.D. Chancellor [Eds.], Raptors in the modern world. WWGBP, Berlin, Germany.
6. _ AND C. FERNÁNDEZ. 1990. Population trends of the Griffon Vulture Gyps fulvus in northern Spain between 1969 and 1989 in relation to conservation measures. Biol. Consent. 53:85-91.
7. FERNÁNDEZ, C. AND J.A. DONÁZAR. 1991. Griffon Vultures (Gyps fulvus) occupying eyries of other cliff-nesting raptors. Bird Study 38:42-44.
8. GRUBH, R.B. 1978. Competition and co-existence in Griffon Vultures: Gyps bengalensis, G. indicus and G. fulvus in Gir forest. J. Bom. Nat. Hist. Soc. 75:810-814.
9. HIRALDO, F. 1977. Relaciones entre morfología, ecologia y distribución de lost buitres del Viejo Mundo. Actas I Reunión Iberoamer. Zool. Vert., La Rábida: 753-757.
10. _, M. DELIEES AND J. CALDEROM. 1979. El Quebrantahuesos Gypaetus barbatus (L). Monografias 22. ICONA, Madrid, Spain.
11. _, J.C. BLANCO AND J. BUSTAMANTE. 1991. Specialized exploitation of small carcasses by birds. Bird Study 38:200-207.
12. KÖNIG, C. 1974. Zum verhalten spanischer Geier an Kadavern. J. Orn. 115:289-320.
13. _. 1983. Interspecific and intraspecific competition for food among Old World vultures. Pages 153-171 in S.R. Wilbur and J.A. Jackson [Eds.], Vulture biology and management. Univ. of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles, CA USA.
14. MARTÍNEZ, F. AND J. COBO. 1993. Gestion actual de ADENA/WWF España en el Refugio de rapaces de Montejo de la Vega (Segovia). Alytes 6:507-521.
15. MUNDY, P.J. 1982. The comparative biology of southern African Vultures. Vulture Study Group, Johannesburg, South Africa.