The feeding constraint hypothesis: Prey preparation as a function of nestling age and prey mass in the Eurasian kestrel

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 147-153

  Steen, Ronny ^a   Løw, Line M ^a   Sonerud, Geir A ^a   Selås, Vidar ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Decapitation; Eurasian kestrel; Falco tinnunculus; Feeding constraint hypothesis; Foraging; Gape size limit; Nestling development; Prey handling; Prey preparation; Raptor

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DIET; FOOD PROVISIONING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GAPE LIMITATION; NESTLING; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR;

ARVICOLINAE; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; HEXAPODA; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; SORICIDAE; SQUAMATA; ZOOTOCA VIVIPARA;

EID: 77953959890     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2010.04.015     Document Type: Article

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