Breeding biology and nest characteristics of the Eurasian Kestrel in different environments on an Atlantic island

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 55-62

  Carillo, José ^a   González Dávila, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE [(PRV) CANARY ISLANDS]; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TENERIFE; WORLD;

ERICA ARBOREA; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; FALCO TINNUNCULUS CANARIENSIS; MORELLA FAYA; MYRICACEAE;

EID: 23044444217     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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