Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus target Teals Anas crecca at roosts according to potential availability of vulnerable prey

Bird Study

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 268-270

  Guillemain, Matthieu ^a   Lepley, Michel ^a,b   Fritz, Herve ^c   Hecker, Nathalie ^d  

^a OFFICE NATIONAL DE LA CHASSE ET DE LA FAUNE SAUVAGE   (France)

^b STATION BIOLOGIQUE DE LA TOUR DU VALAT   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d Les Marais du Vigueirat   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; PATCH SIZE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; ROOSTING; VIGILANCE; WATERFOWL;

BOUCHES-DU-RHONE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; PROVENCE-ALPES-COTE D'AZUR; VIGUEIRAT MARSHES; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANAS CRECCA; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS;

EID: 34447504058     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650709461483     Document Type: Article

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