Prey selection of the Goshawk Accipiter gentilis during the breeding season: The role of prey profitability and vulnerability

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-28

  Tornberg, Risto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK GROUSE; CAPERCAILLIE; GOSHAWK; HAZEL GROUSE; PREY SELECTION; WILLOW GROUSE;

FINLAND;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; BONASA BONASIA; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; TETRAO TETRIX; TETRAO UROGALLUS;

EID: 0031415706     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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