Abstract
Research into the effect of environmental variables on reproductive success of tropical raptors is often constrained by the lack of information on breeding biology. We provide the first detailed information of the breeding biology and nestling development of the Grasshopper Buzzard Butastur rufipennis, an Afrotropical migratory raptor threatenend by extensive land transformation in its breeding range.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 137-146 |
| Journal | Ostrich |
| Volume | 83 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2012 |
Keywords
- prey-size hypothesis
- kite milvus-migrans
- sex-ratio
- american kestrels
- sibling aggression
- brood reduction
- parental investment
- seasonal-variation
- west-africa
- growth