Dispersal and Habitat Selection: Behavioural and Spatial Constraints for Animal Translocations

Reintroduction Biology: Integrating Science and Management

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 138-164

  Le Gouar, Pascaline ^a,b,c   Mihoub, Jean Baptiste ^b   Sarrazin, François ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY NIOO KNAW   (Netherlands)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Age, sex, origin and release effects; Dispersal, habitat selection; Establishment, dispersal sensitive; Griffon vultures, Grands Causses, France; Homing behaviour; Managing post release dispersal; Post release dispersal; Reintroduced individuals; Translocation programmes; Wildlife translocations, post release

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874498439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444355833.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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