Local differences in habitat selection by Great Bustards Otis tarda in changing agricultural landscapes: Implications for farmland bird conservation

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 328-341

  López Jamar, Juan ^a,b   Casas, Fabián ^c   Díaz, Mario ^d   Morales, Manuel B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b IREC ^*  (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; NICHE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 80051468965     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270910000535     Document Type: Article

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