The summer diet of the little owl (Athene noctua) on the Island of Astipalaia (Dodecanese, Greece)

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 280-282

  Angelici, Francesco M ^a   Latella, Leonardo ^a   Luiselli, Luca ^a   Riga, Francesco ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b Ist Nazionale della Fauna Selvatica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Athene noctua; Diet; Dodecanese, Greece; Little Owl

Indexed keywords

EID: 0345621251     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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