Foraging behaviour and prey size of the painted stork

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 274, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 198-204

  Kalam, A ^a   Urfi, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Delhi region; Foraging behaviour; India; Mycteria leucocephala; Painted stork; Prey size

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; JUVENILE; NESTLING; PISCIVORE; PREY SIZE; VIDEOGRAPHY; WADER;

ASIA; DELHI; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

AVES; MYCTERIA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 38549131195     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2007.00374.x     Document Type: Article

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