Numerical response of common buzzards and predation rate of main and alternative prey under fluctuating food conditions

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 599-607

  Reif, Vitali ^a   Jungell, Sven ^b   Korpimäki, Erkki ^c   Tornberg, Risto ^a   Mykrä, Sakari ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b University of Turku ^*  (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION CYCLE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; GALLUS GALLUS; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 4544312663     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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