Body size relationships between avian predators and their rodent prey in a North-American sagebrush community

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 151-158

  Gliwicz, Joanna ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Accipiter; Body size; Buteo; Falco; Food; Pellets; Prey predator relationships; Raptors; Rodent prey; Sagebrush; Utah

Indexed keywords

BIOENERGETICS; BIOMASS; BODY SIZE; COEXISTENCE; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD LIMITATION; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NICHE PARTITIONING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR; RODENT; SHRUB; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

ACCIPITER; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; AVES; BUTEO; FALCO; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 62149123220     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164508X395261     Document Type: Article

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