Great bustard Otis tarda habitat selection in relation to agricultural use in southern Portugal

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 251-260

  Moreira, Francisco ^a   Morgado, Rui ^b   Arthur, Stephen ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Crops; Great bustard; Habitat management; Habitat selection; Otis tarda; Resource selection functions

Indexed keywords

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 11144317956     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.030     Document Type: Article

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