Prey use by a pair of barn owls (Tyto alba) in a Texas coastal habitat

Texas Journal of Science

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 219-224

  Cameron, Guy N ^a,b  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; ORYZOMYS; ORYZOMYS PALUSTRIS; REITHRODONTOMYS; REITHRODONTOMYS FULVESCENS; SIGMODON; SIGMODON HISPIDUS; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 0344584929     PISSN: 00404403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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