First breeding age in captive and wild Bearded Vultures Gypaetus barbatus

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 114-118

  Antor, Ramón J ^a   Margalida, Antoni ^b   Frey, Hans ^c   Heredia, Rafael ^d   Lorente, Luis ^e   Sesé, José Antonio ^f  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y TECNOLOGÍA AGROALIMENTARIA DE ARAGÓN CITA   (Spain)

^b Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^d Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture ^*  (Spain)

^e Foundation for the Conservation of the Bearded Vulture (FCQ)   (Spain)

^f NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age of first breeding; Bearded Vulture; Delayed maturity; Gypaetus barbatus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAPTIVE BREEDING; MORTALITY; PLUMAGE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; GYPAETUS BARBATUS;

EID: 34548361735     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.042.0106     Document Type: Article

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