Competition with Egyptian Geese Alopochen aegyptiaca overrides environmental factors in determining productivity of Black Sparrowhawks Accipiter melanoleucus

Ibis

Volumn 149, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 502-508

  Curtis, Odette E ^a   Hockey, Philip A R ^a   Koeslag, Ann ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b NONE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; BREEDING POPULATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DISPERSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HABITAT AVAILABILITY; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING SUCCESS; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; SITE SELECTION; WATERFOWL;

AFRICA; CAPE PENINSULA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ACCIPITER MELANOLEUCUS; ALOPOCHEN AEGYPTIACUS; ANSER; AVES;

EID: 34447132498     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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