Modelling habitat use and distribution of golden eagles Aquila chrysaetos in a low-density area of the Iberian Peninsula

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3559-3574

  Tapia, Luis ^a   Domínguez, Jesús ^a   Rodríguez, Luis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquila chrysaetos; Conservation; Golden eagle; Habitat use; Modelling; Persecution; Poison

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISTURBANCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GALICIA; IBERIAN PENINSULA; ORENSE [GALICIA]; ORENSE [ORENSE (PRV)]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS;

EID: 36148991798     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-006-9093-y     Document Type: Article

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