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Article Category: Letter
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Online Publication Date: 08 Jan 2021

Changes from Cliff- to Tree-Nesting in Raptors: A Response to Lower Human Persecution?

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Page Range: 119 – 123
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016-55.1.119
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Keywords: cliff nesting ; facultative behavior ; human attitudes ; human persecution ; nesting substrate ; population recovery ; tree nesting
Copyright: © 2021 The Raptor Research Foundation, Inc. 2021
Figure 1.
Figure 1.

Percentages of Bonelli's and Golden Eagle pairs breeding on trees (Sierra Morena area, Andalusia, Spain), during the period 2001–2014. There is a trend for increased proportion of nests on trees vs. cliffs in both species.

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1 Email address: mferrer@ebd.csic.es

Associate Editor: Ian G. Warkentin

Received: 08 May 2020
Accepted: 27 Aug 2020
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