Home-ranges and patterns of spatial use in territorial Bonelli's Eagles Aquila fasciata

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-117

  Bosch, Rafel ^a   Real, Joan ^a   Tintó, Albert ^a   Zozaya, Elena L ^a,b   Castell, Carles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b Centre Tecnologic Forestal de Catalunya   (Spain)

^c Diputacio de Barcelona   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquila fasciatus; Habitat selection; Raptors

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PAIR BOND; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; RARE SPECIES; ROOSTING; SPACE USE; SUSTAINABILITY; TRACKING;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 71949131088     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00985.x     Document Type: Article

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