Changes in habitat use by the Common Buzzard (Buteo buteo L.) during non-breeding season in relation to winter conditions

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-125

  Wikar, Dominik ^a   Ciach, Michał ^a   Bylicka, Małgorzata ^a   Bylicka, Marta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Buteo buteo; Common Buzzard; Habitat use; Kotlina Orawsko Nowotarska valley; Perch use; Snow cover impact; Southern Poland

Indexed keywords

ABANDONED LAND; AFFORESTATION; BREEDING SITE; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DECISION MAKING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT; RAPTOR; SNOW COVER; VALLEY; WINTER;

CARPATHIANS; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KOTLINA ORAWSKO-NOWOTARSKA; POLAND; WESTERN CARPATHIANS;

AVES; BUTEO BUTEO;

EID: 43249112545     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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