Small mammals in the diet of the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco l.) in central European lowland

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 693-700

  Zmihorski, Michał ^a   Balčiauskiene, Laima ^b   Romanowski, Jerzy ^c  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

^b VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diet composition; Mice; Micromammalia; Owls; Predation; Voles

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DIET; LOWLAND ENVIRONMENT; PREDATION; RAPTOR; REPLACEMENT; RODENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ARVICOLINAE; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; MUS; MYOXIDAE; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 61849164424     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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