Role of refuse as food for migrant, floater and breeding Black Kites (Milvus migrans)

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 71-76

  Blanco, Guillermo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Black Kite; Foraging; Garbage dump; Milvus migrans; Refuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007147375     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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