Environmental factors affecting patterns of distribution and co-occurrence of two competing raptor species

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 310-322

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a   Bassi, Enrico ^b   Ceci, Chiara ^c   Rubolini, Diego ^d  

^a Fondazione Lombardia per l'Ambiente   (Italy)

^b Parco Nazionale dello Stelvio   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; Coexistence; Eagle Owl; Falco peregrinus; Habitat selection; Interspecific competition; Peregrine; Rainfall

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; COEXISTENCE; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); DIURNAL ACTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FITNESS; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WOODLAND;

ALPS;

AVES; BUBO BUBO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 77952513943     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.00997.x     Document Type: Article

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