Diet composition and prey choice by the red-backed shrike Lanius collurio in western Poland

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 157-162

  Tryjanowski, Piotr ^a   Karg, Malgorzata Karolina ^b   Karg, Jerzy ^b  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b Res Ctr for Agric/Forest Environ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diet; Food selection; Insects; Lanius collurio; Vertebrates

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION;

POLAND;

ANISOPTERA (DRAGONFLIES); ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; COLEOPTERA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; LANIUS; LANIUS COLLURIO; ORTHOPTERA; PERCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0346343149     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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