Rough-legged Buzzards use vole scent marks to assess hunting areas

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 329-332

  Koivula, Minna ^a   Viitala, Jussi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; RODENT; SCENT MARKING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISUAL CUE;

BUTEO LAGOPUS; FALCONIFORMES; LAGOPUS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 0032835181     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677362     Document Type: Article

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