Endemic and introduced vertebrates in the diet of the barn owl (Tyto alba) on two islands in the Gulf of California, Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 284-290

  Velarde, Enriqueta ^a   Avila Flores, Rafael ^b   Medellín, Rodrigo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ECOLOGÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVES; HYDROBATINAE; MUS MUSCULUS; MYOTIS VIVESI; OCEANODROMA MICROSOMA; RATTUS; RATTUS RATTUS; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 34447285487     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2007)52[284:EAIVIT]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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