Hunting strategies and foraging performance of the short-toed eagle in the Dadia-Lefkimi-Soufli National Park, north-east Greece

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 281, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 168-174

  Bakaloudis, Dimitrios E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF KAVALA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Hunting success; NE Greece

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUNTING; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MODEL TEST; RAPTOR; WIND VELOCITY;

DADIA NATIONAL PARK; EASTERN MACEDONIA AND THRACE; EVROS; GREECE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; CIRCAETUS GALLICUS; REPTILIA;

EID: 77954842722     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: 14697998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.2010.00691.x     Document Type: Article

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