The effect of intra- and interspecific interactions on the large-scale distribution of cliff-nesting raptors

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-21

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Oficina Técnica ^*  (Spain)

^c Estudios Medioambientales Icarus sl   (Spain)

^d Sociedad para el Estudio de las Aves Rapaces SEAR   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; SEMIARID REGION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; BUBO BUBO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 47249146510     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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