Limitations of owl reproduction in the wild: Is there a role for food quality besides quantity

Ardea

Volumn 97, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 609-614

  Van Den Burg, Arnold B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Athene noctua; Barn owl; Diet; Egg failure; Food quality; Forest degeneration; Little owl; Reproduction; Strix aluco; Tawny owl; Tyfo alba

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DEGRADATION; DIET; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD QUALITY; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; SYMPATRY;

ACCIPITER NISUS; ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FALCONIFORMES; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 76249100577     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.097.0429     Document Type: Conference Paper

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