Factors influencing the distribution, abundance and nest-site selection of an endangered Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus) population in Sicily

Animal Conservation

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 317-328

  Sarà, Maurizio ^a   Di Vittorio, Massimiliano ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b ALTURA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; REINTRODUCTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SICILY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

CAPRA HIRCUS; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 11144303310     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943003003391     Document Type: Article

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