Range use of a Eurasian black vulture (Aegypius monachus) population in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park and the adjacent areas, Thrace, NE Greece

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 42, Issue 5-8, 2008, Pages 355-373

  Vasilakis, Dimitris P ^a   Poirazidis, Konstantinos S ^a   Elorriaga, Javier N ^b  

^a WWF Greece ^*  (Greece)

^b Mungialde Etorbidea11   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aegypius monachus; Core areas; Foraging areas; Greece; Home range; Range use; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

BREEDING; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

DADIA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EURASIA; EUROPE; EVROS; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; THRACE;

AEGYPIUS MONACHUS;

EID: 46249104081     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: 14645262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930701835308     Document Type: Conference Paper

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