Nestbox provisioning in a rural population of eurasian kestrels: Breeding performance, nest predation and parasitism

Bird Study

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 236-244

  Fargallo, Juan A ^a,b   Blanco, Guillermo ^c,d   Potti, Jaime ^c   Viñuela, Javier ^e  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARASITISM; PREDATION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY;

CARNUS HEMAPTERUS; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; GALLUS GALLUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0034942542     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650109461223     Document Type: Article

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