Banded geckos, Gekko vittatus (Reptilia, Gekkonidae), asthe main prey of barn owls (Tyto alba) on the Torres Islands (northern Vanuatu)

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-185

  Ineich, I ^a   Pregill, G ^b   Fontaine, B ^a   Gargominy, O ^a  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Alimentation; Gekko vittatus; Gekkonidae; Predation; Scincidae; Tyto alba; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

BONE; COLONIZATION; DATA SET; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ISLAND; LIZARD; PREDATION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; RODENT;

CANARY ISLANDS; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SPAIN; TORRES ISLANDS; VANUATU;

AVES; COLEONYX; EMOIA; GEHYRA OCEANICA; GEKKO VITTATUS; GEKKONIDAE; MAMMALIA; NACTUS; RATTUS; REPTILIA; SCINCIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 84866689451     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2011.627565     Document Type: Article

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