Causes and consequences of territory change and breeding dispersal distance in the Black Kite

Ecology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1298-1310

  Forero, Manuela G ^a   Donázar, José A ^a   Blas, Julio ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age and sex patterns in dispersal; Black Kite; Breeding dispersal; Breeding performance; Dispersal distance; Mate change; Milvus migrans; Spain; Territory fidelity

Indexed keywords

AGE; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; DISPERSAL; HABITAT QUALITY; MODEL; NEST PREDATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; TERRITORY;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; FALCONIFORMES; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0344780910     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/0012-9658(1999)080[1298:CACOTC]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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