Snake species richness and shrubland correlate with the short-toed eagle (Circaetus gallicus) distribution in southeastern Spain

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 314-320

  Moreno Rueda, Gregorio ^a   Pizarro, Manuel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SHRUBLAND; SNAKE; SPECIES RICHNESS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CIRCAETUS GALLICUS; RAPTORES; SERPENTES;

EID: 34548835482     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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