Does the diet of an opportunistic raptor, the tawny owl Strix aluco, reflect long-term changes in bat abundance? A test in central Poland

Folia Zoologica

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-263

  Lesiński, Grzegorz ^a   Gryz, Jakub ^a,b   Kowalski, Marek ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c Wildlife Society Storck Siedlce   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera pellets; City; Populations trends; Winter roosts

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BAT; DIET; HUNTING; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; LONG-TERM CHANGE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RAPTOR; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; KAMPINOS FOREST; MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW;

CHIROPTERA; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 53549135235     PISSN: 01397893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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