Nocturnal feeding of young by urban Peregrine Falcons (Falco peregrinus) in Warsaw (Poland)

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 63-68

  Rejt, Łukasz ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chicks' feeding; Falco peregrinus; Nocturnal activity; Peregrine Falcon; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; PARENTAL CARE; RAPTOR; URBAN ECOSYSTEM;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW;

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO PEREGRINUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PEREGRINUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 1642369159     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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