Great Horned Owl death from predation of a toxic California newt

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 563-564

  Mobley, J A ^a   Stidham, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATION; RAPTOR; TOXIC ORGANISM;

AVES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; GALLIFORMES; RAPTORES; SALAMANDRIDAE; STENOPELMATUS FUSCUS; STRIGIFORMES; TARICHA TOROSA;

EID: 0034486755     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2000)112[0563:GHODFP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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