Testing the goodness of supplementary feeding to enhance population viability in an endangered vulture

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages

  Oro, Daniel ^a   Margalida, Antoni ^b   Carrete, Martina ^c   Heredia, Rafael ^d   Donázar, José Antonio ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Bearded Vulture Study and Protection Group   (Spain)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VETERINARY DRUG;

AGE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EUROPE; FEEDING; GYPAETUS BARBATUS; INTOXICATION; LONG TERM CARE; MONTE CARLO METHOD; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; SPECIES EXTINCTION; SURVIVAL RATE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALCONIFORMES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AVES; GYPAETUS BARBATUS;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; EXTINCTION, BIOLOGICAL; FALCONIFORMES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

EID: 58049211928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0004084     Document Type: Article

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