Man-induced activities modify demographic parameters in a long-lived species: Effects of poisoning and health policies

Ecological Applications

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 436-444

  Margalida, Antoni ^a,b   Colomer, M Àngels ^b   Oro, Daniel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MEDITERRÁNEO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bearded Vulture; Breeding parameters; European sanitation policies; Gypaetus barbatus; Health regulations; Life history; Poisoning; Pyrenees, Catalonia, Spain; Supplementary feeding; Survival

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING POPULATION; CARRION; CLUTCH SIZE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; HABITAT QUALITY; HEALTH POLICY; MORTALITY; POISONING; POLLUTION POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SURVIVAL;

CATALONIA; EUROPE; PYRENEES; SPAIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLUTCH SIZE; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; INTOXICATION; MALE; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME;

ANIMALS; CLUTCH SIZE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; MALE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POISONING; POPULATION DYNAMICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84901586427     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/13-0414.1     Document Type: Article

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