Road transects as a large-scale census method for raptors: The case of the Red Kite Milvus milvus in Spain

Bird Study

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 155-165

  Viñuela, Javier ^a  

^a Soc Espanola de Ornitologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Milvus

Indexed keywords

CENSUS METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RED KITE; ROAD TRANSECT;

SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; MILVUS MILVUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 17044453751     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063659709461051     Document Type: Article

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