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Titre :	Foraging habitat selection by breeding Common Kestrels Falco tinnunculus on lowland farmland in England (2011)
Auteurs :	Claudia M. Garratt, Auteur ; Martin Hughes, Auteur ; Giselle Eagle, Auteur ; Tanya Fowler, Auteur ; Philip V. Grice, Auteur ; Mark J. Whittingham, Auteur
Type de document :	Article
Dans :	Bird Study (58(1) 2011)
Article en page(s) :	90-98
Résumé :	Capsule Breeding Common Kestrels prefer to forage over recently cut grass than all other habitat types on farmland. Aims To identify foraging habitat and prey of Common Kestrels during the breeding season. Methods We observed seven pairs of Common Kestrels during the breeding season over three years, using fixed vantage point observations. We recorded foraging attempts, and habitat and prey data for where the birds chose to forage. Compositional Analysis was used to establish use of each habitat category relative to that habitat's availability within the Kestrels' observed foraging ranges. Results We found that Kestrels select habitats non-randomly, with cut grass (

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