Using recruitment age, territorial fidelity and dispersal as decisive tools in the conservation and management of peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) populations: The case of a healthy population in Northern Spain

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-101

  Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^a   Martínez, Jose Antonio ^b   Azkona, Ainara ^c   Martínez, Jose Enrique ^d   Castillo, Iñaki ^c   Zabala, Jabi ^c  

^a Estudios Medioambientales Icarus SL   (Spain)

^b C Juan de la Cierva 43   (Spain)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age at first breeding; Dispersal; Early warning signals; Territorial fidelity; Turnover rate

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); SUBPOPULATION; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

FALCO PEREGRINUS;

EID: 57649221605     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-008-0321-y     Document Type: Article

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