When conservation management becomes contraindicated: Impact of food supplementation on health of endangered wildlife

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2469-2477

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a   Lemus, Jesús A ^b   García Montijano, Marino ^c  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c Gir Diagnostics SL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquila adalberti; Conservation; Contamination; Disease; Immunodepression; Intensive management; Spanish Imperial Eagle; Supplementary food

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRUG RESIDUE; VETERINARY DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LAGOMORPH; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NESTLING; PATHOGEN; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; STOCHASTICITY; WILD POPULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; EAGLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RABBIT;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRUG RESIDUES; EAGLES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; RABBITS; VETERINARY DRUGS;

AQUILA ADALBERTI; AQUILA HELIACA ADALBERTI; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 80053947895     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-0038.1     Document Type: Article

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