Diet of the Cantabrian Capercaillie: Geographic variation and energetic content

Ardeola

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 77-83

  Rodríguez, Ana Esther ^a   Obeso, José Ramón ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cantabrian range; Diet; Digestibility; Tetrao urogallus cantabricus; Tetraonidae

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860934854     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: 23410825     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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