Rodent-prey content in long-term samples of barn owl (Tyto alba) pellets from the northwestern United States reflects local agricultural change

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 167, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 150-163

  Lyman, R Lee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; DECADAL VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; LONG-TERM CHANGE; RAPTOR; RODENT; SAMPLING;

UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

MICROTUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84855379242     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-167.1.150     Document Type: Article

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