Effects of land use, nesting-site availability, and the presence of larger raptors on the abundance of Vulnerable lesser kestrels Falco naumanni in Kazakhstan

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Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 224-227

  Tella, José L ^a   Carrete, Martina ^a   Sánchez Zapata, José A ^b   Serrano, David ^a   Gavrilov, Andrei ^c   Sklyarenko, Sergei ^c   Ceballos, Olga ^a   Donázar, José A ^a   Hiraldo, Fernando ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c Institute of Zoology Almaty Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan   (Kazakhstan)

Author keywords

Falco naumanni; Kazakhstan; Land use; Lesser kestrel; Nest sites; Predation

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; LAND USE; NEST SITE; RAPTOR;

ASIA; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA;

FALCO NAUMANNI; RAPTORES;

EID: 10044278819     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605304000390     Document Type: Article

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