Food habits and foraging ecology of American Kestrels in the semiarid forests of central Argentina

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 236-243

  Sarasola, José Hernán ^a,b   Santillán, Miguel Angel ^a   Galmes, Maximiliano Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

American Kestrel; Breeding season; Central Argentina; Falco sparverius; Food habits; Semiarid forest

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID REGION;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

FALCO SPARVERIUS;

EID: 14844359359     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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