Bird predation by tawny owls (Strix aluco L.) and its effect on the reproductive performance of tits

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 483-490

  Sasvári, Lajos ^a   Hegyi, Zoltán ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b Management of Duna Ipoly National Park   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Owl; Predation on parents; Productivity of widowed parents; Tit

Indexed keywords

PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AVES; PARUS CAERULEUS; PARUS MAJOR; PASSERIFORMES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 0344075950     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1146-609X(99)80002-2     Document Type: Article

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