Interspecific offspring killing in owls

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 488-494

  Mátics, Róbert ^a   Bank, László ^b   Varga, Sándor ^a   Klein, Ákos ^c   Hoffmann, Gyula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b MME BirdlifeHungary   (Hungary)

^c EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Competition; Nest boxes; Sequential broods; Tawny owl

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SITE; BROOD SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MORTALITY; NEST BOX; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

BARANYA [HUNGARY]; CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; HUNGARY;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 55349116758     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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