Owl selection on size and sex classes of rodents: Activity and microhabitat use of prey

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 652-658

  Trejo, Ana ^a   Guthmann, Nadia ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Owl predation; Rodent prey; Selection; Sex classes; Weight classes

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; MICROHABITAT; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY SELECTION; PREY SIZE; RAPTOR; RODENT; SEX RATIO;

ARGENTINA;

ABROTHRIX LONGIPILIS; AKODON; AKODON XANTHORHINUS; ARGENTINA (FISH); BUBO; BUBO MAGELLANICUS; ELIGMODONTIA; ELIGMODONTIA MORGANI; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0038046180     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2003)084<0652:OSOSAS>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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