Gyr Falcons, ptarmigan and microtine rodents in northern Sweden

Ibis

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 587-597

  Nyström, Jesper ^a   Ekenstedt, Johan ^b   Engström, Johan ^c   Angerbjörn, Anders ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Projekt Jaktfalk Norrbotten   (Sweden)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SPECIALIST;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN; WORLD;

CICONIIFORMES; FALCO RUSTICOLUS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS MUTUS; LEMMUS LEMMUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 22744442720     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2005.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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