Effects of age, territoriality and breeding on survival of Bonelli's Eagle Aquila fasciata

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 846-857

  Hernández Matías, Antonio ^a   Real, Joan ^a   Pradel, Roger ^b   Ravayrol, Alain ^c   Vincent Martin, Nicolas ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c La Salsepareille   (France)

^d Ecomusée de la Crau ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Hieraaetus fasciatus; Life history; Raptors; Vital rate estimation

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; BREEDING; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DATA SET; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; LONGEVITY; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE COST; SURVEYING; SURVIVAL; TERRITORIALITY; TREND ANALYSIS;

FRANCE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AVES; HIERAAETUS FASCIATUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 80052595667     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01158.x     Document Type: Article

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