Temporal variations in the feeding habits of the Purple Heron Ardea purpurea during the breeding season

Ibis

Volumn 139, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 447-451

  Campos, F ^a   Lekuona, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEEDING BEHAVIOUR; FORAGING STRATEGY; PURPLE HERON; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

SPAIN;

ARDEA PURPUREA; ARDEIDAE; GALLUS GALLUS;

EID: 0030862862     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.1997.tb04657.x     Document Type: Article

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