Assessing the breeding season diet of goshawks Accipiter gentilis: Biases of plucking analysis quantified by means of continuous radio-monitoring

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-217

  Rutz, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Continuous radio tracking; Diet choice; Northern goshawk; Plucking analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SAMPLING BIAS;

GERMANY;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; COLUMBA; COLUMBA LIVIA; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037327455     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003175     Document Type: Article

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