Predation attempts on Hoopoe <i>Upupa epops</i> nests in a rural Mediterranean area of central Italy
Seventeen predation attempts on four Hoopoe Upupa epops nests in an heterogenous agricultural Mediterranean area of central Italy were recorded during breeding seasons 2020-21. Camera traps identified 7 different predators’ species, mainly Western whip snake Hierophis viridiflavus and Black rat Rat...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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PAGEPress Publications
2023-06-01
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Series: | Rivista Italiana di Ornitologia - Research in Ornithology |
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Online Access: | https://sisn.pagepress.org/index.php/rio/article/view/658 |