Birds in the diet of wintering Long-eared Owls (Asio otus) in the Danube Delta, Romania

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-295

  Sándor, Attila D ^a   Kiss, Botond J ^b  

^a Environmental Protection Agency   (Romania)

^b Danube Delta Project and Design Institute   (Romania)

Author keywords

Asio otus; Birds; Diet; Long eared Owl; Pellets; Romania

Indexed keywords

DIET; OVERWINTERING; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR;

DANUBE DELTA; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ASIO OTUS; AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 63049110224     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-08-02.1     Document Type: Article

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