Di Lecce, Irene
Bazzocchi, Chiara
Cecere, Jacopo G.
Epis, Sara
Sassera, Davide
Villani, Barbara M.
Bazzi, Gaia
Negri, Agata
Saino, Nicola
Spina, Fernando
Bandi, Claudio
Rubolini, Diego https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2703-5783
Article History
Received: 11 October 2017
Accepted: 23 January 2018
First Online: 22 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was undertaken in compliance with the combined prescriptions of Art. 4 (1) and Art. 7 (5) of the Italian Law 157/1992, which enforces the European Birds Directive (2009/147/CE). This law also regulates capture and manipulating procedures to be followed for the study of wild birds. No approval from an ethical committee was required to perform the study.
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