The status of Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) in Greece

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-30

  Dimalexis, Anastasios ^a   Xirouchakis, Stavros ^b   Portolou, Danae ^a   Latsoudis, Panagiotis ^a   Karris, Giorgos ^a   Fric, Jacob ^a   Georgiakakis, Panagiotis ^b   Barboutis, Christos ^b   Bourdakis, Stratis ^a   Ivovič, Milica ^b   Kominos, Theodoros ^a   Kakalis, Eleftherios ^c  

^a Hellenic Ornithological Society Athens   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aegean Sea; Breeding distribution; Eleonora's Falcon; Population census

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CONSERVATION STATUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE;

AEGEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA;

AVES; FALCO ELEONORAE; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 37349038328     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-007-0207-4     Document Type: Article

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