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vol. 1, nr. 3 (2003)
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Feed of little owl (Athene noctua Scop. 1769) in agricultural landscape of the Lublin area
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Małgorzata Gorzel, Grzegorz Grzywaczewski
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vol. 1 (2003), nr. 3,
pp. 433-440
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abstract:
The paper presents the results of analysis diet Little owl Athene noctua Scop. 1769. The material was collected for 5 months - from April-August during 2000 and 2001. The material for the analysis and compilation was collected at three study sites of little owl occurrence in the villages: Majdan Mętowski, Kalinówka and Skrzynice Pierwsze (Lublin Uplands). The mean number of victims per one pellet was 3.9, and the average size of a pellet - 32.8/13.3 mm. It was observed that little owls hunt for both vertebrates Vertebrata - 37.7% of the total number of victims, and invertebrates Invertebrata - 62.3%. The analysis showed that the little owl feeds on invertebrates significantly more often than on vertebrates. Among invertebrates, as high as 99.9% were insects Insecta, the remaining 0.1% being arachnids Arachnida.
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keywords:
little owl, Athene noctua, diet, owls
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original in:
English
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