Seasonal variation, and associated energetic implications, in the hunting behaviour of the Kestrel
Open Access
- 1 November 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 30 (3) , 201-206
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658309476797
Abstract
There is seasonal variation in the extent to which Kestrels perch-hunt versus flighthunt. This seems to be related to the energetic 'costs' of each method as the ground vegetation changes seasonally.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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