Territory occupancy and breeding success of the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) around tourist destinations in northern Finland

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 2-12

  Kaisanlahti Jokimäki, Marja Liisa ^a   Jokimäki, Jukka ^a   Huhta, Esa ^b   Ukkola, Maarit ^b   Helle, Pekka ^b   Ollila, Tuomo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAPLAND   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Rovaniemi Research Station   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TERRITORIALITY; TOURIST DESTINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS;

EID: 47249103876     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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