Stressful conditions experienced by endangered Egyptian vultures on African wintering areas

Animal Conservation

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 353-358

  Carrete, M ^a   Bortolotti, G R ^b   Sanchez Zapata J A ^c   Delgado, A ^d   Cortes Avizanda A ^e   Grande, J M ^b,f   Donazar J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE CIENCIAS DE LA TIERRA   (Spain)

^e DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Corticosterone; Sahel region; Trans Saharan migratory species; Winter mortality

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROWTH RESPONSE; HORMONE; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RANGE SIZE; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; STEROID; SURVIVAL;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

AVES; NEOPHRON PERCNOPTERUS;

EID: 84878468585     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/acv.12001     Document Type: Article

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