Living on the edge: assessing the extinction risk of critically endangered Bonelli's eagle in Italy.

BACKGROUND: The population of Bonelli's eagle (Aquila fasciata) has declined drastically throughout its European range due to habitat degradation and unnatural elevated mortality. There are less than 1500 breeding pairs accounted for in Europe, and the species is currently catalogued as Critica...

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Main Authors: Pascual López-López, Maurizio Sarà, Massimiliano Di Vittorio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3360590?pdf=render