Are vole-eating owls affected by mild winters in southern Finland?

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 65-74

  Solonen, Tapio ^a  

^a Luontotutkimus Solonen Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

AEGOLIUS; AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; ASIO OTUS; MURIDAE; OTUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; STRIX URALENSIS;

EID: 4143053693     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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