Determinants of territorial recruitment in Bonelli's Eagle (Aquila fasciata) populations

Auk

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 173-184

  Hernández Matías, Antonio ^a   Real, Joan ^a   Prade, Roger ^b,c   Ravayrol, Alain ^d   Vincent Martin, Nicolas ^e   Bosca, Fabrice ^f   Cheylan, Gilles ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^d La Salsepareille   (France)

^e Conservatoire Etudes des Ecosystèmes de Provence ^*  (France)

^f Conservatoire des Espaces Naturels du Languedoc Roussillon ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Aquila fasciata; Bonelli's Eagle; Hieraaetus fasciatus; Natal dispersal; Raptors; Seniority probability; Territory selection

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; LIFE HISTORY; NATAL DISPERSAL; NESTLING; RAPTOR; RECRUITMENT (POPULATION DYNAMICS); REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; RETURN PERIOD; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

CATALONIA; FRANCE; LANGUEDOC-ROUSSILLON; PROVENCE; SPAIN;

AQUILA; AVES; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 76249125352     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.09143     Document Type: Article

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