Trophic niche of the barn owl and little owl in a rice field habitat in northern italy

Italian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-59

  Gotta, Alberto ^a   Pigozzi, Giorgio ^b  

^a c/o Museo Civico di Storia Naturale ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athene noctua; Diet; Italy; Trophic niche; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

BARN OWL; LITTLE OWL; RICE FIELD; TROPHIC NICHE;

ITALY;

ATHENE NOCTUA; TYTO ALBA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS RICHARDSONI; MURIDAE; NOCTUA; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0031399101     PISSN: 11250003     EISSN: 17485851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/11250009709356172     Document Type: Article

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