Foraging activity and use of space by Lesser Kestrel Falco naumanni in relation to agrarian management in central Spain

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 83-95

  García, Jesús T ^a,c   Morales, Manuel B ^b   Martínez, Jesús ^c   Iglesias, Laura ^c   García de la Morena, Eladio ^b   Suárez, Francisco ^b   Viñuela, Javier ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ARTHROPODA; AVES; FALCO NAUMANNI; RAPTORES;

EID: 33646228623     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270906000013     Document Type: Article

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