Body composition of the european Barn Owl during the nonbreeding period

Condor

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 789-797

  Massemin, Sylvie ^a   Groscolas, René ^a   Handrich, Yves ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Barn Owls; Body composition; Nonbreeding period; Structural size; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0030743641     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370490     Document Type: Article

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