Diet of nestling Barn Swallows Hirundo rustica in rural areas of Poland

Central European Journal of Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1023-1035

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Karg, Jerzy ^a  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

Aerial feedings birds; Airborne insects; Bird diet; Diet composition; Farmland; Insect biomass; Prey selection

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLEOPTERA; DIPTERA; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; HYMENOPTERA;

EID: 81755178416     PISSN: 1895104X     EISSN: 16443632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11535-011-0070-4     Document Type: Article

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