Feeding behaviour and diet composition of Marsh Harriers Circus aeruginosus in agricultural landscapes

Bird Study

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 228-235

  Cardador, Laura ^a   Planas, Enric ^a   Varea, Anna ^a   Mañosa, Santi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIOENERGETICS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SEASON; BROOD REARING; DIET; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR; SMALL MAMMAL;

EBRO BASIN; IBERIAN PENINSULA; SPAIN;

AVES; CIRCUS; CIRCUS AERUGINOSUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84858973272     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2011.648165     Document Type: Article

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