The diet of the Long-eared Owls, Asio otus, in the desert of northwest China

Journal of Arid Environments

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 673-676

  Shao, M ^a   Liu, N ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Asio otus; Meriones meridianus; Pellets; Rodents; Strigiformes

Indexed keywords

DESERT; DIET; FECAL PELLET; RAPTOR;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; MINQIN;

ANIMALIA; ASIO OTUS; AVES; CRICETINAE; CRICETULUS GRISEUS; MERIONES MERIDIANUS; PHODOPUS; PHODOPUS ROBOROVSKII; RHOMBOMYS OPIMUS; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33644632062     PISSN: 01401963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaridenv.2005.10.006     Document Type: Article

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