A Palaearctic migratory raptor species tracks shifting prey availability within its wintering range in the Sahel

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 107-120

  Trierweiler, Christiane ^a,b,c   Mullié, Wim C ^d,e   Drent, Rudi H ^a   Exo, Klaus Michael ^b   Komdeur, Jan ^a   Bairlein, Franz ^b   Harouna, Abdoulaye ^e   De Bakker, Marinus ^a   Koks, Ben J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF AVIAN RESEARCH VOGELWARTE HELGOLAND   (Germany)

^c Dutch Montagu's Harrier Foundation   (Netherlands)

^d Ministry of Health   (Senegal)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Acridivorous birds; Annual cycle; Kernel home range; Ornithacris cavroisi; Satellite telemetry

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; BIOTELEMETRY; BREEDING SEASON; FOOD AVAILABILITY; GRASSHOPPER; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT TYPE; HOME RANGE; INTERTROPICAL CONVERGENCE ZONE; NDVI; OVERWINTERING; PALEARCTIC ECOZONE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SATELLITE DATA; SITE FIDELITY;

SAHEL [SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA];

ACRIDIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; CAELIFERA; CIRCUS; CIRCUS PYGARGUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 84872615391     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2012.02036.x     Document Type: Article

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