Laying the foundations for a Human-Predator conflict solution: Assessing the impact of Bonelli's eagle on rabbits and partridges

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2011, Pages

  Moleón, Marcos ^a,d   Sánchez Zapata, José A ^b   Gil Sánchez, José M ^a   Barea Azcón, José M ^a   Ballesteros Duperón, Elena ^a   Virgós, Emilio ^c  

^a Junta de Andalucía ^*  (Spain)

^b MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALECTORIS RUFA; AQUILA FASCIATA; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAGLE; GAME BIRD; NONHUMAN; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; PREDATOR STRESS; RABBIT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ANIMAL; CONFLICT; DIET; GALLIFORMES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ALECTORIS RUFA; AQUILA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); DIET; EAGLES; GALLIFORMES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; RABBITS;

EID: 79960787625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0022851     Document Type: Article

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