Adapting conservation efforts to face climate change: Modifying nest-site provisioning for lesser kestrels

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1111-1119

  Catry, Inês ^a   Franco, Aldina M A ^b   Sutherland, William J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Artificial nests; Climate change; Falco naumanni; Lesser kestrel; Temperature

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL NEST; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; CLIMATE CHANGE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY; EXTREME EVENT; GROWTH RATE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MICROCLIMATE; MORTALITY; NEST SITE; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

PORTUGAL;

FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 79951809081     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.030     Document Type: Article

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