Food sources of Sand Martins Riparia riparia during their breeding season: Insights from stable-isotope analysis

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 142-144

  Nakano, Daisuke ^a   Akasaka, Takumi ^a   Kohzu, Ayato ^b   Nakamura, Futoshi ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEEDING GROUND; FLY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; PASSERINE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

DIPTERA; HEXAPODA; RIPARIA RIPARIA;

EID: 33847141563     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461468     Document Type: Article

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