Predation on reptiles and birds by the common buzzard, Buteo buteo, in relation to changes in its main prey, voles

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 79, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 2086-2093

  Selås, Vidar ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; POPULATION STATISTICS;

PREDATION;

BIODIVERSITY;

PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR;

NORWAY;

AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; REPTILIA; VIPERA; VIPERA BERUS;

EID: 0035720018     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/cjz-79-11-2086     Document Type: Article

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