Autumn-winter diet of Grey Partridges Perdix perdix in winter crops, stubble fields and fallows

Bird Study

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 473-486

  Orowski, Grzegorz ^a   Czarnecka, Joanna ^b   Panek, Marek ^c  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b MARIA CURIE SK ODOWSKA UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c Polish Hunting Association   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; DIET; FALLOW; GAMEBIRD; GRASS; LAND COVER; REGENERATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; WEED;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

PERDIX PERDIX; POACEAE;

EID: 84857410079     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.606498     Document Type: Article

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