Long-term trends in great bustard (Otis tarda) populations in Portugal suggest concentration in single high quality area

Biological Conservation

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 415-423

  Pinto, Márcia ^a   Rocha, Pedro ^b   Moreira, Francisco ^b  

^a Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Great bustard; Habitat management; Population trends

Indexed keywords

EXTINCTION; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 16844379646     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.01.047     Document Type: Article

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