Diet shift of barn owls (Tyto alba) after natural fires in Patagonia, Argentina

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 174-177

  Sahores, Mercedes ^a   Trejo, Ana ^a  

^a LABORATORIO ECOTONO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Barn Owl; Dietary shift; Fire perturbations; Patagonia; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SHIFT; RAPTOR;

PATAGONIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 3543127843     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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