Trends in abundance of migrating raptors at Gibraltar in spring

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 83-90

  Bensusan, Keith J ^a   Garcia, Ernest F J ^a   Cortes, John E ^a  

^a GIBRALTAR ORNITHOLOGICAL AND NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY   (Gibraltar)

Author keywords

Climate change; Raptors; Spring migration; Strait of Gibraltar

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CHANGE; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAPTOR;

AFRICA; NORTH AFRICA;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ACCIPITRIDAE; BUTEO BUTEO; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; PERNIS APIVORUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 34347336322     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0109     Document Type: Article

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