Altitudinal segregation between Ural Owl Strix uralensis and Tawny Owl S. aluco: Evidence for competitive exclusion in raptorial birds

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 264-269

  Vrezec, Al ^a   Tome, Davorin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTITUDINAL ZONATION; COMPETITION (ECOLOGY); HABITAT SELECTION; MONTANE FOREST; RAPTOR; REFUGE; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVENIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

AVES; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO; STRIX URALENSIS;

EID: 7944233890     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461362     Document Type: Review

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