Sexual and seasonal differences in the diet of Lanyu scops owls based on fecal analysis

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 299-306

  Lee, Ya Fu ^a,b   Severinghaus, Lucia Liu ^a  

^a ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diet; Fecal analysis; Lanyu scops owl; Orchid Island; Otus elegans; Seasonal differences; Sexual dimorphism; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; DIET; FECES; INTRASPECIFIC COMPETITION; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LANYU; TAIWAN;

ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; CHILOPODA; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; ORCHIDACEAE; ORTHOPTERA; OTUS; OTUS ELEGANS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 1942518456     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0299:SASDIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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