Territoriality and the significance of calling in the Lanyu Scops Owl Otus elegans botelensis

Ibis

Volumn 142, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 297-304

  Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALLING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; TERRITORIALITY;

OTUS ELEGANS;

EID: 0034083972     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2000.tb04869.x     Document Type: Article

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