Nest-site selection of endangered cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) populations affected by anthropogenic disturbance: Present and future conservation implications

Animal Conservation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-37

  Morán López, Ricardo ^a   Sanchez Guzman J M ^a   Costillo Borrego, E ^a   Villegas Sanchez A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Cinereous vulture; Climate change; Habitat conservation; Nest site selection

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; AVES; EUCALYPTUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 33644797868     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2005.00003.x     Document Type: Article

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