Foraging of white storks ciconia ciconia on rubbish dumps on non-breeding grounds

Waterbirds

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 101-104

  Ciach, Michał ^a   Kruszyk, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE IN KRAKOW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Ciconia ciconia; Foraging; Non breeding grounds; Rubbish dumps; White Storks

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LANDFILL; MIGRATION ROUTE; WADER;

MIDDLE EAST; SOUTH AFRICA;

CICONIA CICONIA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS;

EID: 77950225542     PISSN: 15244695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/063.033.0112     Document Type: Article

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