Feeding habits and provisioning rate of breeding short-toed eagles Circaetus gallicus in northeastern Greece

Journal of Biological Research

Volumn 16, Issue , 2011, Pages 166-176

  Bakaloudis, Dimitrios E ^a   Vlachos, Christos G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Circaetus gallicus; Diet; Feeding behaviour; Prey delivery; Short toed eagle

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANGUIDAE; AVES; CIRCAETUS GALLICUS; COLUBRIDAE; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; SERPENTES; SQUAMATA; TESTUDINIDAE;

EID: 80052542673     PISSN: 1790045X     EISSN: 1790045X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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