Handicapped American Kestrels: Needy or prudent foragers?

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 137-142

  Murza, Gillian L ^a   Bortolotti, Gary R ^a   Dawson, Russell D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American Kestrel; Condition; Falco sparverius; Foraging; Handicaps; Saskatchewan

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HANDICAP PRINCIPLE; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 0033929786     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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