Food supply and breeding occurrences: The West European population of the lekking great snipe Gallinago media (Latham, 1787) (Aves)

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 213-221

  Kålås, John Atle ^a   Fiske, Peder ^b   Höglund, Jacob ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breeding occurrence; Earthworms; Food availability; Gallinago media; Mate choice; Soil chemistry

Indexed keywords

AVES; GALLINAGO MEDIA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0030821357     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1997.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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