Effect of human activities on Egyptian vulture breeding success

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 313-320

  Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^a   Zabala, J ^b   Martinez J A ^c   Martinez J E ^d   Azkona, A ^b  

^a Estudios Medioambientales Icarus   (Spain)

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

^c Universidad de Murcia ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alert distance; Breeding success; Disturbances; Egyptian vulture; Maximum alert distance

Indexed keywords

DISTURBANCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT LOSS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 48649100644     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00184.x     Document Type: Article

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