Locality related changes in the diet of the Barn Owl (Tyto alba stertens) in agroecosystems in central Punjab, Pakistan

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 479-483

  Mahmood Ul Hassan, Muhammad ^a   Beg, Mirza Azhar ^b   Mushtaq Ul Hassan, Muhammad ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^c GOVERNMENT COLLEGE UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; BAT; DIET; FECAL PELLET; RAPTOR; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL VARIATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAISALABAD; HAFIZABAD; JHANG; OKARA; PAKISTAN; PUNJAB [PAKISTAN]; SHEIKHUPURA; SOUTH ASIA; TOBA TEK SINGH;

AVES; MUS; RATTUS; STRIGIFORMES; SUNCUS MURINUS; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 34748898931     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/06-092.1     Document Type: Article

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