Modelling breeding habitat preferences of Bonelli's eagle (Hieraaetus fasciatus) in relation to topography, disturbance, climate and land use at different spatial scales

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 97-106

  López López, Pascual ^a   García Ripolĺs, Clara ^a   Aguilar, José Miguel ^a   Garcia López, Francisco ^a   Verdejo, José ^b  

^a University of Valencia ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

GIS; Habitat preferences; Hieraaetus fasciatus; Logistic regression; Predictive models

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE; MODELING; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS;

EID: 31344452888     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-005-0019-3     Document Type: Article

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