Individual diet variations in a wintering population of Black Redstart Phoenicurus ochruros: Relationships with bird morphology and food availability

Revue d'Ecologie (La Terre et la Vie)

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-91

  Hódar, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK REDSTART; DIET; ECOMORPHOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY;

PHOENICULUS OCHRURUS; PHOENICURUS OCHRUROS;

EID: 0347546560     PISSN: 02497395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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