A systematic review of the effects of recreational activities on nesting birds of prey

Basic and Applied Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 312-319

  Martínez Abraín, Alejandro ^a   Oro, Daniel ^a   Jiménez, Juan ^b   Stewart, Gavin ^c,d   Pullin, Andrew ^c  

^a INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

^b Generalital Valenciana   (Spain)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Disturbance; Meta analysis; Nesting; Recreational activities; Roads; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

AVES; RAPTORES;

EID: 77953480616     PISSN: 14391791     EISSN: 16180089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.baae.2009.12.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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