Intercolony movements and prospecting behaviour in the colonial lesser kestrel

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 811-817

  Calabuig, Gustau ^a   Ortego, Joaquín ^b   Aparicio, José Miguel ^a   Cordero, Pedro J ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^b MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

dispersal; Falco naumanni; habitat selection; lesser kestrel; nest visiting; public information

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; BREEDING SITE; COLONIAL BREEDING; COLONY STRUCTURE; HABITAT SELECTION; RAPTOR;

FALCO NAUMANNI;

EID: 77949489462     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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