Territorial occupancy and breeding performance in a migratory raptor do not follow ideal despotic distribution patterns

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 279, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 36-43

  Pagan I ^a   Martinez J E ^a   Calvo, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Habitat quality; Hieraaetus pennatus; Mediterranean forests; Reproductive success; Site dependent population regulation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; DENSITY DEPENDENCE; HABITAT QUALITY; HETEROGENEITY; MIGRATORY SPECIES; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SITE SELECTION; TERRITORIALITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; HIERAAETUS PENNATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 69249117422     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2009.00587.x     Document Type: Article

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