Ranging behaviour of Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus in agricultural landscapes

Ibis

Volumn 151, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 766-770

  Cardador, Laura ^a   MaÑosa, Santi ^a   Varea, Anna ^a   Bertolero, Albert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro Basin; Home ranges; Radiotracking

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; PLUMAGE; POLICY MAKING; POPULATION DECLINE; RANGE EXPANSION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CATALAN BASIN; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS;

EID: 70349433848     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00963.x     Document Type: Article

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