Diet of Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) and Long-Eared Owl (Asio otus) in Lithuania as Found from Pellets

Acta Zoologica Lituanica

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 37-45

  Balčiauskienė, Laima ^a   Jovaišas, Algimantas ^b   Naruševičius, Vladas ^c   Petraška, Antanas ^d   Skuja, Saulis ^e  

^a VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^b Kaišiadorys State Forest Enterprise ^*  (Lithuania)

^c Lithuanian Ornithological Society   (Lithuania)

^d VYTAUTAS MAGNUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^e Lithuanian Forest Inventory and Managment Institute   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

Diet; Food niche breadth; Long eared Owl; Pellet analysis; Tawny Owl

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012551378     PISSN: 13921657     EISSN: 16486919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13921657.2006.10512708     Document Type: Article

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