Consistency and overlap of the diet of seven passerine trans-saharian migrants during spring stopover at two mediterranean sites

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Marchetti, Chiara ^a   Baldaccini, Natale Emilio ^a   Locatelli, Daria Patrizia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Competition; Diet; Passerines; Spring migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0342798390     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009609356123     Document Type: Article

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