Breeding performance, age effects and territory occupancy in a Bonelli's Eagle Hieraaetus fasciatus population

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 223-233

  Martínez, José A ^a   Calvo, José F ^b   Martínez, José E ^b   Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^c   Zabala, Jabi ^c   Redpath, Stephen M ^d  

^a Universidad de Murcia ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c Estudios Medioambientales Icarus sl   (Spain)

^d CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ideal despotic distribution; Intraguild predation; Inverse density dependence; Population regulation; Territory quality

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRITORIALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; BUBO BUBO; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 41149128663     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2007.00774.x     Document Type: Article

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