An experimental investigation of examining Kestrel diet by pellet analysis
Open Access
- 1 March 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 32 (1) , 50-55
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063658509476855
Abstract
Since Kestrels digest their food very efficiently (compared to owls), how realistic are the results of Kestrel pellet analyses?This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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