Identifying potentially suitable nesting habitat for golden eagles applied to 'important bird areas' design

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 208-218

  López López, Pascual ^a   Garcia Ripolles C ^b   Soutullo, A ^a   Cadahia L ^a   Urios, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Castell n; Conservation; IBA; Management; Modelling; Protected areas; Raptors; Spain

Indexed keywords

GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; MODELING; NEST SITE; PROTECTED AREA; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 34247891522     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00089.x     Document Type: Article

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