Sources of variation in mortality of the Bearded Vulture

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-10

  Margalida, Antoni ^a   Heredia, Rafael ^b   Razin, Martine ^b   Hernández, Mauro ^c  

^a Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group   (Spain)

^b Ligue pour la Protection des Oiseaux ^*  (France)

^c Edificio Alba   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FUTURE PROSPECT; MORTALITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES;

EID: 43849106194     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270908000026     Document Type: Article

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