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Monitoring of facultative avian scavengers on large mammal carcasses in Dinaric forest of Slovenia Cover

Monitoring of facultative avian scavengers on large mammal carcasses in Dinaric forest of Slovenia

Acrocephalus
Volume 32 (2011): Issue 148-149 (June 2011)
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|May 2012
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10100-011-0003-3 | Journal eISSN: 2199-6067 (formerly 0351-2851) | Journal ISSN: 0351-2851
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Language: English, Slovenian
Page range: 45 - 51
Published on: May 30, 2012
Published by: Bird Watching and Bird Study Association of Slovenia - DOPPS Bird Life
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Keywords:
scavenging,
carrion consumption,
feeding behaviour,
kleptoparasitism,
avian scavengers,
forest,
Dinaric Mountains
Related subjects:
Life sciences,
Zoology

© 2012 Miha Krofel, published by Bird Watching and Bird Study Association of Slovenia - DOPPS Bird Life
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons License.

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