The food habits of Eurasian Eagle-Owls in Southern Portugal

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 297-300

  Lourenço, Rui ^a,b  

^a Centro de Estudos da Avifauna Ibérica CEAI   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; Diet; Eurasian Eagle Owl; Mediterranean habitats; Portugal; Principal component analysis

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PREFERENCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAPTOR;

EURASIA; EUROPE; PORTUGAL; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33847637532     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016(2006)40[297:TFHOEE]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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