Fidelity to roost sites and diet composition of wintering male urban common kestrels falco tinnunculus

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 183-189

  Riegert, Jan ^a   Fuchs, Roman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

diet composition; Falco tinnunculus; Kestrel; urbanization; winter roost fidelity

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; BREEDING SITE; DIET; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; OVERWINTERING; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; ROOST SITE; SNOW COVER; URBANIZATION;

BOHEMIA; CESKE BUDEJOVICE; CZECH REPUBLIC; JIHOCESKY;

AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; HEXAPODA; MURIDAE; RAPTORES;

EID: 84858214832     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/000164511X625955     Document Type: Article

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