Impacts of agriculture on the diet and productivity of Mackinder's eagle owls (Bubo capensis mackinderi) in Kenya

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 485-492

  Ogada, Darcy L ^a,b   Kibuthu, Paul M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^b Mackinder's Youth Group   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; Crops; Farming; Generalist predator; Owl pellet; Small mammal

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; BIODIVERSITY; CROP PRODUCTION; DIET; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; GENERALIST; GRASSLAND; INSECT; LANDSCAPE CHANGE; PREY CAPTURE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SMALL MAMMAL; TRAPPING;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AVES; BUBO CAPENSIS; DAUCUS CAROTA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MASTOMYS; MASTOMYS SP.; PISUM SATIVUM; PROCAVIA; STRIGIFORMES; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 67651222452     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00498.x     Document Type: Article

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