Do Power Lines and Protected Areas Present a Catch-22 Situation for Cape Vultures (Gyps coprotheres)?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Phipps, W Louis ^a   Wolter, Kerri ^b   Michael, Michael D ^c   MacTavish, Lynne M ^d   Yarnell, Richard W ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b VulPro   (South Africa)

^c ESKOM   (South Africa)

^d Mankwe Wildlife Reserve   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREEDING; CAPE VULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; FEMALE; FORAGING; GENE; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; GYPS COPROTHERES; GYPS GENE; HOME RANGE; MALE; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); NONHUMAN; ORGANISM COLONY; POWER LINE NETWORK; POWER SUPPLY; PROTECTION; RAPTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BREEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HOMING BEHAVIOR; MALE; RISK;

EID: 84885111202     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0076794     Document Type: Article

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