Diet and survival of capercaillie Tetrao urogallus chicks in Scotland

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-23

  Picozzi, Nicholas ^a   Moss, Robert ^a   Kortland, Kenneth ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Capercaillie; Chick diet; Chick survival; Faecal analysts; Geometrid larvae; Sweep netting; Tetrao urogallus

Indexed keywords

CANIS FAMILIARIS; GALLUS GALLUS; GEOMETRIDAE; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; MYRTILLUS; TETRAO UROGALLUS; VACCINIUM MYRTILLUS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033000220     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1999.004     Document Type: Article

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