Ranging behaviour of non-breeding eurasian griffon vultures gyps fulvus: A GPS-telemetry study

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 127-134

  García Ripollés, Clara ^a   López López, Pascual ^a   Urios, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

conservation; daily activity; home range; satellite tracking; Spain; spatial ecology

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL ACTIVITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; RADIOTELEMETRY; RAPTOR; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SCAVENGING (FEEDING);

SPAIN;

GYPS FULVUS;

EID: 84858231640     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164511X625892     Document Type: Article

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