Comparison of food habits and prey selection of the white-tailed kite, Elanus leucurus, between natural and disturbed areas in central Argentina

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 85-91

  Sarasola, José Hernán ^a,b   Santillán, Miguel Angel ^a   Galmes, Maximiliano Adrián ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agricultural habitats; Food habits; Prey selection; Semiarid forests; Tuco tuco; White tailed kite

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; AKODON AZARAE; CALOMYS SP.; CTENOMYIDAE; CTENOMYS SP.; ELANUS LEUCURUS; MAMMALIA; RODENTIA;

EID: 34247546635     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: 17445140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01650520601050857     Document Type: Article

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