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Diet of the Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in the Antisana highlands, Ecuador

 

Título: Diet of the Short-Eared Owl (Asio flammeus) in the Antisana highlands, Ecuador.
Identificador de recurso: http://ojs.huitzil.net/index.
Fecha: 2019-06-11
Autor: Cadena-Ortiz, Héctor; Solórzano, María Fernanda; Noboa, Mishell; Brito, Jorge.
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Editorial: Huitzil, Revista Mexicana de Ornitología
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Descripción The knowledge of the diet of a species is an important element to understand its natural history and ecology, the information about Ecuadorian owls’ diet increases progressively. We analyzed n = 163 pellets of the short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus) collected in the Antisana highlands, north of Ecuador. We found 242 preys of six taxa; the paramo rabbit Sylvilagus andinus was the most important prey in terms of frequency (46%) and biomass contribution (78%). The diet of the owl in the Antisana highlands has low diversity, it could be related to individual specialization or the low availability of prey on the 4,000 m; the mammals as preys dominated in frequency and biomass like previous studies.
Claves Cricetidae;  mammals; pellets; prey; Sylvilagus andinus.
Relación ISSN: 1870-7459
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Volumen 20 (2)
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Tipo de recurso texto
Fuente https://doi.org/10.28947/hrmo.2019.20.2.436
Nombre de archivo 2019-06-11-cadenaortiz