Body reserves and unpredictable breeding conditions in the Eurasian kestrel, Falco tinnunculus

Ecoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 406-414

  Jönsson, K Ingemar ^a,b   Wiehn, Jürgen ^a,c   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body mass; Body reserves; Falco tinnunculus; Kestrel; Unpredictable conditions

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; BREEDING SEASON; ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; RAPTOR; UNCERTAINTY ROLE;

FINLAND;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 1642633589     PISSN: 11956860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11956860.1999.11682545     Document Type: Article

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