Food niche of the Gyrfalcon Falco rusticolus nesting in the far north of Finland as compared with other choices of the species

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 78-87

  Huhtala, Kauko ^a   Pulliainen, Erkki ^a   Jussila, Päivi ^b   Tunkkari, Paavo S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD HABIT; PREY SELECTION;

FINLAND, LAPLAND;

FALCO RUSTICOLUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS; NUMENIUS PHAEOPUS;

EID: 0030460499     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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