Daily and seasonal activity of moorhens studied by motion-sensitive transmitters

Waterbirds

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-151

  Acquarone, Camilla ^a   Cucco, Marco ^a   Malacarne, Giorgio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity budget; Gallinula chloropus; Moorhen; Motion sensitive transmitters; Radio tracking; Winter

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ENERGY BUDGET; HABITAT USE; RADIOTELEMETRY; SEASONAL VARIATION; WATERFOWL;

ITALY; SCRIVIA RIVER;

GALLINULA CHLOROPUS;

EID: 0035022854     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1522236     Document Type: Article

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