Breeding season diets of sympatric white-tailed eagles and golden eagles in scotland: No evidence for competitive effects

Bird Study

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 67-76

  Whitfield, D Philip ^a   Marquiss, Mick ^a   Reid, Robin ^b,c   Grant, Justin ^a   Tingay, Ruth ^a   Evans, Richard J ^c  

^a Natural Research   (United Kingdom)

^b Lag Na Greine   (United Kingdom)

^c RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BREEDING SEASON; DIET; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; NEST; RAPTOR; REINTRODUCTION; SYMPATRY; TERRITORY;

SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AQUILA; GALLIFORMES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA; LAGOMORPHA; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 84873618174     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2012.742997     Document Type: Article

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