Application of central-place foraging theory shows the importance of Mediterranean dehesas for the conservation of the cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus

Biological Conservation

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 582-590

  Carrete, Martina ^a   Donázar, José A ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Central place forager; Cinereous vulture; European Common Agricultural Policy; Large scale conservation; Spain

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS;

EID: 24944537954     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.06.031     Document Type: Article

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