Change in the diet of sooty owls (Tyto tenebricosa) since European settlement: From terrestrial to arboreal prey and increased overlap with powerful owls

Wildlife Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 17-24

  Bilney, Rohan J ^a   Cooke, Raylene ^a   White, John ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; DIETARY OVERLAP; PREDATION; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GIPPSLAND; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

CANIDAE; MAMMALIA; NINOX STRENUA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO TENEBRICOSA; VULPES VULPES;

EID: 33644797545     PISSN: 10353712     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/WR04128     Document Type: Article

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