Weather-dependent variation in the cold-season diet of urban Kestrels Falco tinnunculus

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 107-113

  Zmihorski, Michał ^a   Rejt, Łukasz ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Diet variability; Falco tinnunculus; Kestrel; Urban habitat

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; PHENOLOGY; PREY AVAILABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARVICOLINAE; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; MUS; RODENTIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34548295494     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.042.0105     Document Type: Article

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