How do roads affect the habitat use of an assemblage of scavenging raptors?

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 2063-2074

  Lambertucci, Sergio A ^a   Speziale, Karina L ^a   Rogers, Thomas E ^b   Morales, Juan M ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biotic homogenization; Carcasses; Carrion eaters; Habitat use; Human disturbance; Patagonia; Spatial distribution

Indexed keywords

BIOTIC FACTOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; HOMOGENEITY; LAND USE PLANNING; MORTALITY RISK; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER; SPACE USE; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CORAGYPS; CORAGYPS ATRATUS; FALCONIDAE; GERANOAETUS MELANOLEUCUS; MILVAGO CHIMANGO; OVIS ARIES; POLYBORUS PLANCUS; RAPTORES; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

EID: 70350622995     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-008-9573-3     Document Type: Article

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