Seasonal changes in the avian diet of breeding Sparrowhawks Accipiter nisus: How to fulfill the offspring's food demands?

Zoological Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 215-222

  Bujoczek, Malgorzata ^a   Ciach, Michal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Dietary change; Food composition; Prey choice; Successful attack profit

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER NISUS; AVES; ERITHACUS RUBECULA; FRINGILLA COELEBS; GARRULUS GLANDARIUS; PARUS MAJOR; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; TURDUS MERULA; TURDUS PHILOMELOS;

EID: 72549102709     PISSN: 10215506     EISSN: 1810522X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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