Fluctuations in chick diet of the Squacco Heron Ardeola ralloides in southern France: Changes over the last 30 years

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 69-75

  Delord, Karine ^a,c   Kayser, Yves ^a   Cohez, Damien ^a   Befeld, Silke ^b   Hafner, Heinz ^a  

^a STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^b Réserve Nationale de Camargue   (France)

^c CENTRE D ETUDES BIOLOGIQUES DE CHIZÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; PREY PREFERENCE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; WESTERN EUROPE;

AMPHIBIA; ARDEOLA; ARDEOLA RALLOIDES; COLEOPTERA; GALLUS GALLUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ODONATA; ORTHOPTERA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1542320047     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461334     Document Type: Article

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