Comments on the predator-prey relationship of the Texas kangaroo rat (Dipodomys elator) and barn owl (Tyto alba)

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 153, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Stangl Jr , Frederick B ^a   Shipley, Michael M ^a   Goetze, Jim R ^b   Jones, Clyde ^c  

^a MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Laredo Community College   (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY PREFERENCE; RAPTOR; RODENT;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

DIPODOMYS; DIPODOMYS ELATOR; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS; ORYZOMYS; RODENTIA; SIGMODON; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 23644459793     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031(2005)153[0135:COTPRO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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