The regulation of brood reduction in Booted Eagles Hieraaetus pennatus through habitat heterogeneity

Ibis

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 788-798

  Casado, Eva ^a   Suárez Seoane, Susana ^b   Lamelin, Julien ^c   Ferrer, Miguel ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Biologicas Y Ambientales   (Spain)

^c AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Density dependence; Fecundity; Nutritional condition

Indexed keywords

BROOD SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE; FECUNDITY; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HETEROGENEITY; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NESTLING; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION REGULATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SIBLICIDE; SKEWNESS; STARVATION;

ANDALUCIA; DONANA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS;

EID: 52649181021     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00862.x     Document Type: Article

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