Selection of foraging habitat and nestling diet by Meadow Pipits Anthus pratensis breeding on intensively grazed moorland: Capsule Foraging sites with low vegetation height and density, but with high arthropod biomass, are selected.

Author： Douglas David J.T.   Evans Darren M.   Redpath Stephen M.  

Publisher： Taylor & Francis Ltd

ISSN： 0006-3657

Source： Bird Study, Vol.55, Iss.3, 2008-11, pp. : 290-296

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