Spatial variation in the diet of the Barn Owl Tyto alba in the Caribbean

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-82

  Flikweert, Maarten ^a   Prins, Tineke G ^a   De Freitas, John A ^b   Nijman, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b CARMABI FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caribbean; Diet; Tyto alba; Variation

Indexed keywords

BAT; DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; RODENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; SPECIALIZATION; TAXONOMY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 34347366119     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0108     Document Type: Article

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