Bats taken by the tawny owl in relation to its roosting site

North-Western Journal of Zoology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-251

  Lesiński, Grzegorz ^a   Kasprzyk, Krzysztof ^b   Gryz, Jakub ^c  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chiroptera; Pellets; Predation; Roosting site; Strix aluco; Tawny owl

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869026989     PISSN: 15849074     EISSN: 18435629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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