Fish remains dominate Barn Owl pellets in northwestern Nevada

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 395-396

  Bogiatto, Raymond J ^a   Broughton, Jack M ^b   Cannon, Virginia I ^b   Dalton, Kevin ^a   Arnold, Shannon ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Barn Owl; Diet; Fish; Food habits; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA;

EID: 33748278934     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3398/1527-0904(2006)66[395:FRDBOP]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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