Covariation between plumage colour polymorphism and diet in the Barn Owl Tyto alba

Ibis

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 509-517

  Roulin, Alexandre ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLOR MORPH; DIET; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; PLUMAGE; POLYMORPHISM; RAPTOR;

ANIMALIA; APODEMUS; AVES; MICROTUS; MICROTUS ARVALIS; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 3142767042     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919x.2004.00292.x     Document Type: Article

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