Diet and prey consumption of breeding Common Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in Northeast China

Progress in Natural Science

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1501-1507

  Geng, Rui ^a   Zhang, Xiaojing ^a   Ou, Wei ^a   Sun, Hanmei ^a   Lei, Fumin ^b   Gao, Wei ^a   Wang, Haitao ^a,b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Common Kestrel; Diet; Prey consumption; Rodent

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; COMMON KESTREL; DENSITY-DEPENDENT; DIRECT OBSERVATIONS; MEAN WEIGHT; NORTHEAST CHINA; PREY BIOMASS; PREY CONSUMPTION; RODENT; VERTEBRATE SPECIES;

MAMMALS;

EID: 72449143592     PISSN: 10020071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnsc.2009.03.011     Document Type: Article

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