Ecological requirements of reintroduced species and the implications for release policy: the case of the bearded vulture
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ALEXANDRE H. HIRZEL*†, BERTRAND POSSE‡, PIERRE-ALAIN OGGIER‡, YVON CRETTENAND§, CHRISTIAN GLENZ¶ and RAPHAËL ARLETTAZ*‡** * Zoological Institute–Conservation Biology, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland; † Laboratory of Conservation Biology, Department of Ecology and Evolution, University of Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; ‡ Bearded Vulture Network Western Switzerland, Nature Centre, CH-3970 Salgesch, Switzerland; § Game, Fishery and Wildlife Service, Canton of Valais, Rue de l’Industrie 14, CH-1950 Sion, Switzerland; ¶ Laboratory of Ecosystem Management, Institute of Environmental Science and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland; and ** Swiss Ornithological Institute, Valais Field Station, Nature Centre, CH 3970 Salgesch, Switzerland
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