Field observations of predation by the ural owl Strix uralensis upon the Japanese horned beetle Trypoxylus dichotomus septentrionalis

Journal of the Yamashina Institute for Ornithology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 90-95

  Hongo, Yoshihito ^a   Kaneda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Japanese horned beetle; Predatory behavior; Ural Owl

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBIA; AVES; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX URALENSIS; TRYPOXYLUS DICHOTOMUS SEPTENTRIONALIS;

EID: 78650121296     PISSN: 13485032     EISSN: 18820999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3312/jyio.40.90     Document Type: Article

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