Geo-environmental influences on breeding parameters of the Eurasian Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) in the Western Palaearctic

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-25

  Carrillo, José ^a   González Dávila, Enrique ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; CLUTCH SIZE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; PHOTOPERIOD; PREDATOR; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; RAINFALL; RAPTOR; SEASONALITY;

ARCTIC OCEAN;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS;

EID: 77950831028     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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