Reproduction and behaviour of the Long-legged Buzzard (Buteo rufinus) in North-eastern Greece

Vogelwarte

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 176-182

  Alivizatos, Haralambos ^a   Goutner, Vassilis ^b   Karandinos, Michael G ^c  

^a Zaliki 4 ^*  (Greece)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^c AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Behaviour; Buteo rufinus; Greece; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY; BREEDING BIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

GREECE;

BUTEO RUFINUS;

EID: 0031746999     PISSN: 00496650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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