Variation in small mammal food resource niche metrics of Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) at the nesting pair and local population level

• Published in: Ornis Hungarica
• Main Authors: Horváth, Győző, Maurer, Máté, Horváth, Adrienn
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: QH Natural history / természetrajz; QH540 Ecology / ökológia; QL Zoology / állattan; Duna; Common vole; Microtus arvalis
• Online Access: https://real.mtak.hu/203715/; https://real.mtak.hu/203715/1/10.2478_orhu-2023-0028.pdf; https://doi.org/10.2478/orhu-2023-0028

In the present study, we investigated food resource niche parameters and the degree of specialization of two local Western Barn Owl (Tyto alba) populations in two different demographic phases as the crash (2015– 2016) and outbreak (2019–2020) of the Common Vole (Microtus arvalis). The study was cond...