Global change challenges the Tawny Eagle (Aquila rapax): Modelling extinction risk with respect to predicted climate and land use changes

Ostrich

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 204-210

  Wichmann, Matthias C ^a,b   Dean, W J Richard ^c   Jeltsch, Florian ^b  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUILA; AQUILA RAPAX; CICONIIFORMES;

EID: 13444309712     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520409485446     Document Type: Article

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