Functional invertebrate prey groups reflect dietary responses to phenology and farming activity and pest control services in three sympatric species of aerially foraging insectivorous birds

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

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

^a POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BARN SWALLOW; BIRD; COMMON SWIFT; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FARMING SYSTEM; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HARVEST PERIOD; HOUSE MARTIN; INSECTIVORE; NONHUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PHENOLOGY; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; TAXONOMY; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CROP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PARASITOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; SWALLOW (BIRD); SYMPATRY;

APUS APUS; ARTHROPODA; AVES; DELICHON; DELICHON URBICA; HEXAPODA; HIRUNDO; HIRUNDO RUSTICA; INVERTEBRATA;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEASONS; SWALLOWS; SYMPATRY;

EID: 84918528920     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114906     Document Type: Article

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