Comparison of nestsite selection patterns of different sympatric raptor species as a tool for their conservation

Animal Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 131-145

  Poirazidis, Kostas ^a   Goutner, Vassilis ^b   Tsachalidis, Efstathios ^c   Kati, Vassiliki ^d  

^a WWF Greece   (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Conservation guidelines; Discriminant analysis; Nesting habitat separation; Sympatric raptors

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST CANOPY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; GUIDELINE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEST SITE; NEST STRUCTURE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

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

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AEGYPIUS MONACHUS; AQUILA POMARINA; CORAGYPS; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 48249116053     PISSN: 1578665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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