Aerial hunting behaviour and predation success by peregrine falcons Falco peregrinus on starling flocks Sturnus vulgaris

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 427-433

  Zoratto, Francesca ^a   Carere, Claudio ^a   Chiarotti, Flavia ^a   Santucci, Daniela ^a   Alleva, Enrico ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; PASSERINE; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; ROOSTING;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIDAE; STURNIDAE; STURNUS VULGARIS;

EID: 77954526419     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2010.04974.x     Document Type: Article

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