Time-lapse video system used to study nesting Gyrfalcons

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 416-422

  Booms, Travis L ^a,c   Fuller, Mark R ^b  

^a Boise State University Raptor Research Center   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera; Diet; Falco rusticolus; Food habits; Greenland; Gyrfalcons; Time lapse video

Indexed keywords

AVES; FALCO RUSTICOLUS;

EID: 0344441720     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-74.4.416     Document Type: Article

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