Adaptive range selection by golden eagles in a changing landscape: A multiple modelling approach

Biological Conservation

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-41

  Sergio, Fabrizio ^a   Pedrini, Paolo ^b   Rizzolli, Franco ^b   Marchesi, Luigi ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Trento Natural History Museum   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agro pastoralism; Habitat selection; Land abandonment; Nest site selection; Woodland expansion

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; ADAPTATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; MODELING; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS;

EID: 33748712718     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.015     Document Type: Article

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