Variation in working effort in Danish Little, Owls Athene noctua

Ardea

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 547-554

  Holsegård Rasmussen, Miriam H ^a,c   Sunde, Peter ^c   Thorup, Kasper ^a,b   Jacobsen, Lars B ^a   Ottesen, Nina ^a   Svenne, Susanne ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Athene noctua; Denmark; Energetic cost; Little Owl; Reproduction; Seasonal variations; Working effort

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; ENERGETICS; LOCOMOTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

DENMARK;

ATHENE NOCTUA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 76249119202     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.097.0421     Document Type: Conference Paper

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