Simultaneous decline in Steppe Eagle (Aquila nipalensis) populations and Levant Sparrowhawk (Accipiter brevipes) reproductive success: Coincidence or a Chernobyl legacy?

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Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 20-24

  Yosef, Reuven ^a   Fornasari, Lorenzo ^b  

^a Ben Gurion University of the Negev Eilat Campus   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER BREVIPES; AQUILA; AQUILA NIPALENSIS; CICONIIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 2442431719     PISSN: 00306525     EISSN: 1727947X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/00306520409485407     Document Type: Article

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