Bats and swifts as food of the European kestrel (falco tinnunculus) in a small town in Slovakia

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 178-185

  Mikula, Peter ^a   Hromada, Martin ^b,c   Tryjanowski, Piotr ^c  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b Faculty of Humanities and Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^c POZNA UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BAT; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; ORNITHOLOGY; PAIR BOND; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; ROOST SITE; URBAN AREA;

BARDEJOV; PRESOVSKY; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84885143880     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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