Temporal and spatial variations in darkling beetle prédation by kestrels and other raptors in a Mediterranean urban area

Biologia

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 165-170

  Fattorini, Simone ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athene noctua; Falco tinnunculus; Strix aluco; Tenebrionidae; Urban rome

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044403130     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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