Frogs and toads in the food of the Great Grey Shrike (Lanius excubitor): Larders and skinning as two ways to consume dangerous prey

Animal Biology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 227-233

  Antczak, Marcin ^a   Hromada, Martin ^a   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Food; Foraging; Lanius excubitor; Novel prey; Predator prey relationship

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIAN; DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; AVES; LANIUS EXCUBITOR;

EID: 25844449069     PISSN: 15707555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1570756054472836     Document Type: Article

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