Trophic niche width, offspring condition and immunity in a raptor species

Oecologia

Volumn 174, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1215-1224

  Navarro López, Juan ^a   Vergara, Pablo ^a   Fargallo, Juan A ^a  

^a MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Diet; Falco tinnunculus; Generalism; Parental investment; Predation

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; FITNESS; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; GENERALIST; IMMUNITY; NICHE; PARENTAL INVESTMENT; PREDATION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SPECIALIZATION;

FALCO TINNUNCULUS; RAPTORES;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; IMMUNOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BODY SIZE; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FALCONIFORMES; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 84896318451     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-013-2855-9     Document Type: Article

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