Assessing mortality of African vultures using wing tags and GSM-GPS transmitters

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Kendall, Corinne J ^a,b   Virani, Munir Z ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

GSM GPS transmitters; Gyps africanus; Lappet faced Vulture; mortality; satellite; Torgos tracheliotos; vulture; White backed Vulture; wing tagging

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOTELEMETRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; GPS; MORTALITY; POISONING; RAPTOR; SATELLITE; TAGGING;

KENYA; MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE; RIFT VALLEY;

AVES; GYPS AFRICANUS; TORGOS; TORGOS TRACHELIOTUS;

EID: 84858838374     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-10-87.1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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