Seasonal and between-sex differences in the diet of Black Grouse Tetrao tetrix

Bird Study

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 276-281

  Beeston, Rebecca ^a   Baines, David ^a   Richardson, Michael ^a  

^a GAME CONSERVANCY TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; GAMEBIRD; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AVES; CALLUNA; INVERTEBRATA; TETRAO TETRIX;

EID: 27244456674     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650509461400     Document Type: Article

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