Size and spatio-temporal variations of the Andean condor Vultur gryphus population in north-west Patagonia, Argentina: Communal roosts and conservation

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Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 441-447

  Lambertucci, Sergio A ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accumulation curves; age class proportion; Andean condor; Argentina; Patagonia; population size; roost; Vultur gryphus

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MONITORING; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; ROOST SITE; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TEMPORAL VARIATION; VULNERABILITY;

ARGENTINA; PATAGONIA;

GYMNOGYPS; VULTUR GRYPHUS;

EID: 77956930058     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000451     Document Type: Article

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