Diet of Morepork (Ninox novaeseelandiae) throughout New Zealand by analysis of stomach contents

Notornis

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 333-345

  Haw, J M ^a   Clout, M N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diet; Insecta; Owl; Strigiformes

Indexed keywords

DIET; RAPTOR; STOMACH CONTENT;

NEW ZEALAND;

AVES; CALLIPHORIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DICTYOPTERA; DIPTERA; HYMENOPTERA; INSECTA; INVERTEBRATA; ISOPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MANTIS RELIGIOSA; MANTODEA; MUS MUSCULUS; MUSCULUS; NINOX NOVAESEELANDIAE; ORTHOPTERA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA; VESPIDAE;

EID: 0033369670     PISSN: 00294470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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