Barn owl prey use in Chihuahuan desert foothills

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 53-56

  Jorgensen, Eric E ^a,b   Sell, Scott M ^a,c   Demarais, Stephen ^a,d  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHAETODIPUS; CRICETINAE; PEROGNATHUS; PEROMYSCUS; REITHRODONTOMYS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0031826521     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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