Fear in grasslands: The effect of Eurasian kestrels on skylark abundances

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 391-398

  Martínez Padilla, Jesús ^a,b   Fargallo, Juan A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alauda arvensis; Eurasian kestrels; Falco tinnunculus; Grasslands; Mediterranean area; Predator prey relationships; Skylarks

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GRASSLAND; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; SONGBIRD;

ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; FALCONIFORMES; FEAR; GRASSLAND; GRAZING; NEST PREDATION; NESTING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PREDATION; PREDATOR; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; ASIA; BREEDING; EUROPE; FEAR; FEMALE; MALE; PASSERIFORMES; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SONGBIRDS;

ALAUDA; ALAUDA ARVENSIS; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 42449102509     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-007-0337-9     Document Type: Article

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