Brandt's vole density affects nutritional condition of Upland Buzzard buteo hemilasius on the mongolian Grassland steppe

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 131-139

  Sundev, Gombobaatar ^a   Yosef, Reuven ^a   Birazana, Odkhuu ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MONGOLIA   (Mongolia)

^b Ben Gurion University of the Negev Eilat Campus   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; FEATHER; FIELDWORK; FLEDGING; GROWTH RATE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; RODENT; STEPPE;

MONGOLIA;

AVES; BUTEO HEMILASIUS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 73949147215     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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