Tawny owl vocal activity is constrained by predation risk

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 461-468

  Lourenço, Rui ^a,b,c   Goytre, Fernando ^e   del Mar Delgado, Maria ^a   Thornton, Michael ^f   Rabaça, João E ^b,c   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ÉVORA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e Paseo Virgen del Puerto 41 ^*  (Spain)

^f SCOTTISH NATURAL HERITAGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSPECIFIC; HOME RANGE; INTRAGUILD INTERACTION; MALE; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR; PROTECTED AREA; VOCALIZATION;

AVES; BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 84884715849     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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