Seasonal and habitat variation in the diet of the tawny owl (Strix aluco) in central Poland during unusually warm years

Biologia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 365-369

  Romanowski, Jerzy ^a   Żmihorski, Michał ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Poland)

^b MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Climate change; Diet diversity; Diet variability; Feeding generalist; Predation

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; ARVICOLINAE; AVES; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67049171446     PISSN: 00063088     EISSN: 13369563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11756-009-0036-4     Document Type: Article

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