Spatial variation in anthropic and natural factors regulating the breeding success of the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) in the SW Iberian Peninsula

Biological Conservation

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-182

  Moran Lopez R ^a   Sanchez J M ^a   Costillo, E ^a   Corbacho, C ^a   Villegas, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXTREMADURA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Global climate change; Habitat and livestock management; Human disturbance; Non natural breeding failure; Transport infrastructure

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPATIAL VARIATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; AVES;

EID: 33645238630     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.12.011     Document Type: Article

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