Functional Invertebrate Prey Groups Reflect Dietary Responses to Phenology and Farming Activity and Pest Control Services in Three Sympatric Species of Aerially Foraging Insectivorous Birds

Grzegorz Orłowski; Jerzy Karg; Grzegorz Karg

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0114906

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Functional Invertebrate Prey Groups Reflect Dietary Responses to Phenology and Farming Activity and Pest Control Services in Three Sympatric Species of Aerially Foraging Insectivorous Birds

Grzegorz Orłowski ,

* E-mail: orlog@poczta.onet.pl

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Jerzy Karg,

Affiliation Department of Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland
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Grzegorz Karg

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland
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Functional Invertebrate Prey Groups Reflect Dietary Responses to Phenology and Farming Activity and Pest Control Services in Three Sympatric Species of Aerially Foraging Insectivorous Birds

Grzegorz Orłowski,
Jerzy Karg,
Grzegorz Karg

Published: December 15, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0114906

About the Authors

Grzegorz Orłowski

* E-mail: orlog@poczta.onet.pl

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Jerzy Karg

Affiliation Department of Nature Conservation, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Zielona Góra, Poland

Grzegorz Karg

Affiliation Institute of Agricultural and Forest Environment, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznań, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GO GK JK. Performed the experiments: JK. Analyzed the data: GO GK JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GO GK JK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GO GK JK. Performed the identification of insect prey from faecal sacs: JK.

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