Effect of human activities on the behaviour of breeding Spanish imperial eagles (Aquila adalberti): Management implications for the conservation of a threatened species

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-93

  Gonzalez L M ^a   Arroyo, B E ^b   Margalida, Antoni ^c   Sanchez R ^d   Oria, J ^e  

^a Direccion General para la Biodiversidad   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group   (Spain)

^d Fundacion CBD Habitat   (Spain)

^e NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Buffer zone; Human disturbance; Spanish imperial eagle

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAPTOR;

AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI;

EID: 33644796186     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00016.x     Document Type: Article

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