The relationship of foraging habitat to the diet of Barn Owls (Tyto alba) from central Chile

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-101

  Begall, Sabine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic disturbance; Barn Owl; Chile; Diet; Feeding ecology; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

DIET; FEEDING ECOLOGY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 19744367486     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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