Challenging conservation of migratory species: Sahelian rainfalls drive first-year survival of the vulnerable Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 839-847

  Mihoub, Jean Baptiste ^a   Gimenez, Olivier ^b   Pilard, Philippe ^c   Sarrazin, François ^a  

^a SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

^c LPO Mission Rapaces   (France)

Author keywords

Capture recapture; Global changes; Raptor conservation; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC METHOD; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GLOBAL CHANGE; JUVENILE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DENSITY; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VULNERABILITY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; RAPTORES;

EID: 77949269519     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.12.026     Document Type: Article

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