Fragmentation of Bird Bones in Food Remains of Imperial Eagles (Aquila heliaca)

✍ Scribed by ZBIGNIEW M. BOCHEŃSKI; VADIM A. KOROVIN; ALEXEI E. NEKRASOV; TERESA TOMEK

• Book ID: 101286844
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 96 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1047-482X
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-1212(199703)7:2<165::aid-oa332>3.0.co;2-4

✦ Synopsis

Fragmentation of bird bones in pellets and uneaten food remains of imperial eagles (Aquila heliaca) was studied. The degree of fragmentation was higher than that produced by owls and lower than that in gyrfalcons. There were signi®cant differences between pellets and uneaten remains in the survival of bones and their fragmentation.