The importance of traditional farmland areas for steppe birds: A case study of migrant female Great Bustards Otis tarda in Spain

Ibis

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 85-95

  Palacín, Carlos ^a   Alonso, Juan C ^a   Martín, Carlos A ^a,b   Alonso, Javier A ^b  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Habitat mosaic; Mediterranean; Radiotracking; Wintering grounds

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION PLANNING; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MOSAIC; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; ORCHARD; POPULATION DENSITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; STEPPE; VINEYARD;

IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AVES; OTIDIDAE; OTIS TARDA;

EID: 83855162764     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01183.x     Document Type: Article

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