Diets of barn owls differ in the same agricultural region

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 378-383

  Charter, Motti ^a   Izhaki, Ido ^b   Meyrom, Kobi ^c   Motro, Yoav ^d   Leshem, Yossi ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Kibbutz Nir David   (Israel)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; BIOMASS; BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; DIET; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; RODENT; SMALL MAMMAL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN VALLEY; MIDDLE EAST;

AVES; MAMMALIA; MEDICAGO SATIVA; MERIONES TRISTRAMI; MICROTUS SOCIALIS; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; MUS SP.; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 67650302450     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/08-083.1     Document Type: Article

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