Exhumation of food by Turkey Vulture

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 144-145

  Smith, Harvey R ^a   DeGraaf, Richard M ^a,c   Miller, Richard S ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Yale School of the Environment   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Cathartes aura; Feeding; Food; Olfaction; Scavenging; Turkey Vulture

Indexed keywords

EXHUMATION; FOOD; RAPTOR; SCAVENGER;

CATHARTES AURA;

EID: 33748511022     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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