The effects of prey density on capture times and foraging success of course-hunting adult Snail Kites

Condor

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 755-763

  Darby, Philip C ^a   Fujisaki, Ikuko ^b   Mellow, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capture times; Foraging; Predation; Rostrhamus sociabilis; Snail Kite

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRIDAE; GASTROPODA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; POMACEA PALUDOSA; ROSTRHAMUS; ROSTRHAMUS SOCIABILIS;

EID: 84870501016     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2012.110051     Document Type: Article

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