Selection of foraging habitat and nestling diet by Meadow Pipits Anthus pratensis breeding on intensively grazed moorland

Bird Study

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-296

  Douglas, David J T ^a,d   Evans, Darren M ^b,c   Redpath, Stephen M ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; DIET; FEEDING GROUND; FORAGE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GRAZING PRESSURE; HABITAT SELECTION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MOORLAND; NESTLING; PASSERINE; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; VIGILANCE;

ANTHUS PRATENSIS; ARACHNIDA; ARTHROPODA; AVES; LEPIDOPTERA; TIPULIDAE;

EID: 56749104673     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650809461534     Document Type: Article

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