Nesting habitat preference of the African White-backed Vulture Gyps africanus and the effects of anthropogenic disturbance

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 51-62

  Bamford, Andrew J ^a   Monadjem, Ara ^b   Hardy, Ian C W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Habitat conservation; Logistic analysis; Nest site selection

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GIS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE CYCLE;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GYPS AFRICANUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 58149090978     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2008.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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