Cooperative hunting of Jackdaws by the Lanner Falcon (Falco biarmicus)

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 123-127

  Leonardi, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cooperative hunting; Falco biarmicus; Jackdaw; Lanner Falcon; Prey group size; Sicily

Indexed keywords

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; HUNTING; RAPTOR;

ITALY;

CORVUS MONEDULA; FALCO BIARMICUS;

EID: 0032718982     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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