Effect of weekend road traffic on the use of space by raptors

Conservation Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 726-732

  Bautista, Luis M ^a,f   García, Jesús T ^b   Calmaestra, Ricardo G ^a   Palacín, Carlos ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^a   Morales, Manuel B ^c   Bonal, Raúl ^d   Viñuela, Javier ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d Facultad de Ciencias del Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^f CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Noise; Raptors; Roads; Spanish Imperial Eagle; Weekly cycles

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAPTOR; ROAD; ROAD TRANSPORT; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AQUILA; AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI; AVES; CICONIIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 2542504606     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2004.00499.x     Document Type: Article

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