Presence, richness and extinction of birds of prey in the Mediterranean and Macaronesian islands

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1701-1713

  Donazar J A ^a   Gangoso, L ^a   Forero, M G ^a   Juste, J ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Extinction; Generalized linear modelling; Island biogeography; Macaronesia; Mediterranean; Raptors; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BIOGEOGRAPHY; BIRD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EXTINCTION RISK; HUMAN RESOURCE; LIFE HISTORY; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIES RICHNESS; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; MACARONESIA; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 33745295461     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01294.x     Document Type: Article

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