Seasonal variation in the diet of great horned owls (Bubo virginianus) on shortgrass prairie

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-156

  Zimmerman, Guthrie ^a,b   Stapp, Paul ^a   Van Horne, Beatrice ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATRIPLEX; ATRIPLEX CANESCENS; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; GEOMYIDAE; LAGOMORPHA; LEPUS CALIFORNICUS; LEPUS TOWNSENDII; PERCIDAE; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; SYLVILAGUS AUDUBONII; THOMOMYS TALPOIDES;

EID: 0029868747     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426640     Document Type: Article

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