Relationship between demographics and diet specificity of Imperial Eagles Aquila heliaca in Kazakhstan

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 576-586

  Katzner, Todd E ^a,d   Bragin, Evgeny A ^b   Knick, Steven T ^c   Smith, Andrew T ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Naurzum National Nature Reserve   (Kazakhstan)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d National Aviary   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION ECOLOGY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; KAZAKHSTAN; WEST ASIA; WORLD;

AQUILA HELIACA; CICONIIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 22744433673     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2005.00443.x     Document Type: Article

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