Variation in the quality of parental care at falcon nests in South Africa as evidence for postulated differences in food availability

Ardea

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 17-32

  Jenkins, Andrew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

F. biarmicus; Falco peregrinus; Falcon; Habitat quality; Nest attendance; Provisioning rate

Indexed keywords

FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD PROVISIONING; PARENTAL CARE; RAPTOR;

SOUTH AFRICA;

FALCO BIARMICUS; FALCO PEREGRINUS;

EID: 0033917431     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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