Segregation by size at the individual prey level between Barn and Magellanic Horned Owls in Argentina

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-172

  Trejo, Ana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentine Patagonia; Barn Owls; Bubo magellanicus; Magellanic Horned Owls; Prey size; Rodents; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

BIRD; PREY SIZE; TAXONOMY;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

BUBO; BUBO MAGELLANICUS; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 33749044031     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016(2006)40[168:SBSATI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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