Influence of snow cover on food hoarding in Pygmy Owls Glaucidium passerinum

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 105-111

  Halonen, Matti ^a   Mappes, Tapio ^a   Meri, Teru ^a   Suhonen, Jukka ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; RODENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; SNOW COVER;

AVES; GLAUCIDIUM (AVES); GLAUCIDIUM PASSERINUM; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 34548540511     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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