Large-scale human effects on an arid African raptor community

Animal Conservation

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 495-504

  Anadon J D ^a,b   Sanchez Zapata J A ^a   Carrete, M ^c   Donazar J A ^c   Hiraldo, F ^c  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; Birds; Conservation; Harvesting; Land uses; People; Species richness

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIODIVERSITY; CLIMATE EFFECT; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; HARVESTING; HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SPECIES RICHNESS;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES; MILVUS; MILVUS MIGRANS; RAPTORES;

EID: 77957223858     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2010.00369.x     Document Type: Article

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