Prey delivery rates as estimates of prey consumption by Eurasian kestrel Falco tinnunculus nestlings

Ardea

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Steen, Ronny ^a   Løw, Line M ^a   Sonerud, Geir A ^a   Selas, Vidar ^a   Slagsvold, Tore ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

brood size; Eurasian kestrel; Falco tinnunculus; nestling; prey consumption; prey delivery rate; prey mass

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FOREST; BROOD SIZE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INSECT; MONITORING; NESTLING; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; VERTEBRATE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ANURA; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; HEXAPODA; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; SORICIDAE; SQUAMATA;

EID: 84865527946     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.099.0101     Document Type: Article

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