The occurrence of reindeer calves in the diet of nesting Golden Eagles in Finnmark, northern Norway

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 112-118

  Johnsen, Trond V ^a   Systad, Geir H ^a   Jacobsen, Karl O ^a   Nygård, Torgeir ^a   Bustnes, Jan O ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEER; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; NESTING; PREDATOR; PREY LOCATION; RAPTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINNMARK; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES; LAGOPUS; LEPUS TIMIDUS; MAMMALIA; RANGIFER TARANDUS;

EID: 35948994941     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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