Use of regurgitated pellets of barn owl (Tyto alba) for inventorying small mammals in the Cerrado of central Brazil

Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-5

  Bonvicino, Cibele R ^a,b   Bezerra, Alexandra M R ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Regurgitated pellets; Small mammals; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; METATHERIA; PASSERIFORMES; RODENTIA; SQUAMATA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037396936     PISSN: 01650521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/snfe.38.1.1.14030     Document Type: Article

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