Rock climbing and Raven Corvus corax occurrence depress breeding success of cliff-nesting Peregrines Falco peregrinus

Ardeola

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 425-430

  Brambilla, Mattia ^a   Rubolini, Diego ^b   Guidali, Franca ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c Department of Biology

Author keywords

Breeding success; Cliff nesting; Corvus corax; Falco peregrinus; Rock climbing

Indexed keywords

CORVUS CORAX; FALCO PEREGRINUS; GALLUS GALLUS; PEREGRINUS;

EID: 18844384195     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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