Raptor distribution in relation to landscape composition in semi-arid Mediterranean habitats

Journal of Applied Ecology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 254-262

  Sánchez Zapata, José A ^a   Calvo, José F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Common Agricultural Policy; Fragmentation; Modelling; Scale

Indexed keywords

LAND USE; MODEL; RAPTOR; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 18844483041     PISSN: 00218901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2664.1999.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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