A change in foraging success and cooperative hunting by a breeding pair of peregrine falcons and their fledglings

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 394-403

  Dekker, Dick ^a   Taylor, Robert ^a  

^a NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adult hunting; Cooperative hunting; Falco peregrinus; Fledging hunting; Peregrine falcon; Tandem hunting

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; HUNTING; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY;

ALBERTA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

FALCO PEREGRINUS; LARUS PIPIXCAN;

EID: 33748314534     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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