Mixed strategies of griffon vultures' (Gyps fulvus) response to food deprivation lead to a hump-shaped movement pattern

Movement Ecology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Spiegel, Orr ^a   Harel, Roi ^a   Getz, Wayne M ^b,c   Nathan, Ran ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Fasting period; GPS ACC tracking; Internal motivation; Movement ecology; Non linear response; Optimal foraging; Starvation risks; Supplementary feeding management; Vulture conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897380821     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20513933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2051-3933-1-5     Document Type: Article

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