Selection of foraging habitat by grassland birds: Effect of prey abundance or availability?

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 365-370

  Romanowski, Jerzy ^a   Zmihorski, Michał ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bird conservation; Invertebrate density; Meadows; Pastures; Vegetation cover

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; BREEDING SEASON; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MEADOW; PASTURE; PREY AVAILABILITY; VEGETATION COVER; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; CORVUS CORONE; CUCULUS CANORUS; HYMENOPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; MOTACILLA ALBA; PICA PICA; STURNUS VULGARIS; UPUPA EPOPS;

EID: 48249127615     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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