Juvenile grouse in the diet of some raptors

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 243-249

  Reif, Vitali ^a   Tornberg, Risto ^a   Huhtala, Kauko ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Accipiter nisus; Buteo buteo; Circus cyaneus; Common Buzzard; Eurasian Sparrowhawk; Finland; Grouse; Northern Goshawk; Northern Harrier; Predation

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; GAMEBIRD; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; BONASA BONASIA; BUTEO; BUTEO BUTEO; CIRCUS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; CORYLUS AMERICANA; GALLIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; LAGOPUS; LAGOPUS LAGOPUS; MAMMALIA; PHASIANIDAE; RAPTORES; SALIX; TETRAO; TETRAO TETRIX; TETRAO UROGALLUS; TETRIX;

EID: 6444227931     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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