Survival of avian carcasses and photographic evidence of predators and scavengers;"Supervivencia" de cadáveres de aves y evidencia fotográfica de depredadores y carroñeros

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 439-447

  Kostecke, Richard M ^a,c   Linz, George M ^b   Bleier, William J ^a  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; CARNIVORA; GALLIFORMES; LETHRINIDAE; MAMMALIA; MEPHITIDAE; MEPHITIS MEPHITIS;

EID: 0035373655     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-72.3.439     Document Type: Article

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