The diet of Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) on the eastern fringe of gurban tunggut desert, China

2011 International Conference on Remote Sensing, Environment and Transportation Engineering, RSETE 2011 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 8647-8649

  Wu, Yiqun ^a  

^a WEINAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Diet; Gurban tunggut desert; Pellets; Prey remains; Saker falcon introduction

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GURBAN TUNGGUT DESERT; PREY REMAINS; SAKER FALCON;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; CONSERVATION; LANDFORMS; MAMMALS; PELLETIZING; REMOTE SENSING;

NUTRITION;

EID: 80052234794     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/RSETE.2011.5964190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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