Food composition of wintering great tits (Parus major): Habitat and seasonal aspects

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 228-236

  Veľký, Marek ^a   Kaňuch, Peter ^a   Krištín, Anton ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Birds; Droppings; Faecal analysis; Food; Invertebrates; Plant material

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEETLE; DECIDUOUS FOREST; DIET; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HABITAT TYPE; MIXED FOREST; MOTH; NEST BOX; OVERWINTERING; SEED; SONGBIRD;

SLOVAKIA;

AVES; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HETEROPTERA; INVERTEBRATA; LEPIDOPTERA; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 80054000358     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.25225/fozo.v60.i3.a7.2011     Document Type: Article

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