Breeding behaviour and parental care in the griffon vulture gyps fulvus on the Island of crete (Greece)

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-26

  XirouchakKis, S M ^a   Mylonas, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Copulatory behaviour; Crete; Food provision; Gyps fulvus; Incubation; Nest building; Nest defence

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; FOOD PROVISIONING; NEST GUARDING; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PARENTAL CARE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; TERRITORIALITY;

CRETE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

AVES; GYPS FULVUS;

EID: 34547457614     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2007.9522578     Document Type: Article

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