Diet and breeding success of eagle owl in southeastern Spain: Effect of rabbit haemorrhagic disease

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 259-262

  Martínez, José E ^a   Calvo, José F ^a  

^a Ulniversidad de Murcia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Abandoned territories; Breeding success; Bubo bubo; Diet; Eagle Owl; Rabbit disease; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011959667     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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