Comparative nest habitat characteristics of sympatric White-tailed haliaeetus albicilla and Golden Eagles Aquila chrysaetos in western Scotland

Bird Study

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-482

  Evans, Richard J ^a   Pearce Higgins, James ^a   Whitfield, D Philip ^b   Grant, Justin R ^a,c   Maclennan, Alison ^a   Reid, Robin ^a  

^a RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^b Natural Research   (United Kingdom)

^c Cuddy Point ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EXTINCTION; GIS; NEST; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; SYMPATRY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 78649920376     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2010.489317     Document Type: Article

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