Tawny owl (Strix aluco) predation in a pristine deciduous forest (Białowieża National Park, Poland)

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 105-120

  Jȩdrzejewski, Włodzimierz ^a   Jȩdrzejewska, Bogumiła ^b   Szymuraj, Arkadiusz ^c   Zub, Karol ^a  

^a MAMMAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b Workshop Ecol Protect Nat E   (Poland)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Forest rodents; Functional response; Numerical response; Predation impact; Strix aluco

Indexed keywords

BANK VOLE; FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; PREDATION CYCLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; SHREW; TAWNY OWL; YELLOW-NECKED MOUSE;

POLAND, BIALOWIEZA NATIONAL PARK;

APODEMUS FLAVICOLLIS; CLETHRIONOMYS GLAREOLUS; SORICIDAE; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 0029768619     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5704     Document Type: Article

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