Diet specialisation and foraging efficiency under fluctuating vole abundance: A comparison between generalist and specialist avian predators

Oikos

Volumn 120, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 234-244

  Terraube, Julien ^a,b   Arroyo, Beatriz ^a,b   Madders, Mike ^a   Mougeot, François ^a,c  

^a Natural Research   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; RODENT; SPECIALIST; SPECIALIZATION;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS MACROURUS; MURIDAE;

EID: 78751620251     PISSN: 00301299     EISSN: 16000706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0706.2010.18554.x     Document Type: Article

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