Barn Owl Tyto alba predation on small mammals in relation to the Mediterranean environment (Pisa Province, Italy)

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 153-160

  Varuzza, Paolo ^a   Capizzi, Dario ^a   Santini, Luciano ^a   Apollonio, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Barn Owl; Feeding ecology; Owl pellets; Small mammals; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT USE; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SMALL MAMMAL;

ITALY; PISA PROVINCE; TUSCANY;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; AVES; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS SAVII; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0035708962     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.036.0208     Document Type: Article

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