Diet of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba) and Little Owl (Athene noctua) in wetlands of northeastern Greece

Belgian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 15-22

  Goutner, Vassilis ^a   Alivizatos, Haralambos ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Barn Owl Tyto alba; Diet; Greece; Little Owl Athene noctua; Wetland

Indexed keywords

DIET; FECAL PELLET; RAPTOR; WETLAND;

GREECE;

APODEMUS; ATHENE NOCTUA; COLEOPTERA; CROCIDURA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ROSSIAEMERIDIONALIS; MUS; NOCTUA; ORTHOPTERA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 0345134774     PISSN: 07776276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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