Selection of breeding cliffs by Griffon Vultures Gyps fulvus in Crete (Greece)

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-161

  Xirouchakis, Stavros M ^a   Mylonas, Moysis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Breeding; Crete; Griffon Vulture; Gyps fulvus; Nest sites

Indexed keywords

CLIFF; HABITAT SELECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEST SITE;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

GYPS FULVUS;

EID: 31344469847     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.040.0211     Document Type: Article

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