Diet breadth and overlap in three sympatric aerial insectivorous birds at the same location

Bird Study

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 475-483

  Orłowski, Grzegorz ^a   Karg, Jerzy ^a,b  

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; BIOMASS; BIRD; DIET; DOMINANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECTIVORE; NICHE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SPECIALIZATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SYMPATRY;

POLAND;

AVES; DELICHON; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDINIDAE; HIRUNDO;

EID: 84888326253     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2013.839622     Document Type: Article

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