Nest-site selection by Great Bustards Otis tarda suggests a trade-off between concealment and visibility

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-89

  Magaña, Marina ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^a,b   Bautista, Luis M ^a   Martín, Beatriz ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Farmland birds; Nest predation; Nesting habitat; Visual field

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ARABLE LAND; BIRD; CONCEALMENT BEHAVIOR; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HARVESTING; HOME RANGE; INCUBATION; MORTALITY; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; RANGE EXPANSION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION; SURVIVAL; TRACKING; TRADE-OFF; VISIBILITY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 71949116958     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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