Use of the bait-marking method to estimate the territory size of scavenging birds: A case study on ravens Corvus corax

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 183-192

  Rösner, Sascha ^a   Selva, Nuria ^b  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF NATURE CONSERVATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bait marking; Bia owie a forest; Carrion; Common raven; Corvus corax; Scavengers; Territory size

Indexed keywords

AVES; CORVUS CORAX;

EID: 25844518451     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/0909-6396(2005)11[183:uotbmt]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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