The diet of nestling Stonechats
Open Access
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 30 (1) , 47-50
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658309476774
Abstract
Faecal pellets were used to assess the foods given to nestling Stonechats on a Sussex heath. Most potential prey species present in the habitat were taken, but there was a notable paucity of insects with aposemaric (warning) colouration.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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