Migration of wild and captive-bred Little Bustards Tetrax tetrax: Releasing birds from Spain threatens attempts to conserve declining French populations

Ibis

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 254-261

  Villers, Alexandre ^a,b   Millon, Alexandre ^a,c   Jiguet, Frederic ^d   Lett, Jean Michel ^e   Attie, Carole ^b   Morales, Manuel B ^f   Bretagnolle, Vincent ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b La Corderie Royale   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e Fédération Départementale des Chasseurs de Loir et Cher ^*  (France)

^f UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Argos PTT; Endangered species; Satellite tracking; Tetrax tetrax; Translocation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GAMEBIRD; HATCHING; JUVENILE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; NATIVE SPECIES; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; TETRAX TETRAX;

EID: 77952523776     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2009.01000.x     Document Type: Article

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