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https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3339| Title: | Further Dietary Items of the Eastern Barn Owl 'Tyto javanica' in Diamantina National Park, Queensland | Contributor(s): | Debus, Stephen J S (author); Ley, Andrew John (author); Rose, A B (author) | Publication Date: | 2008 | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/3339 | Abstract: | The diet of the Eastern Barn Owl 'Tylo javanica' was determined by analysis of 46 pellets from a roost in Diamantina National Park, Queensland, collected in June 2007. The diet comprised 43% mammals (31% dasyurids, 12% rodents), 8% birds, 1% lizards and 48% insects, by number; and 72% mammals (44% dasyurids, 28% rodents), 22% birds, 1% lizards and 5% insects, by biomass. Mammals occurred in 39 pellets (85%), birds in nine (20%), lizards in two (4%) and insects in 21 (46%). | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Australian Field Ornithology, 25(3), p. 149-152 | Publisher: | Bird Observation and Conservation Australia (BOCA) | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1448-0107 | Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 060308 Life Histories | Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: | 960811 Sparseland, Permanent Grassland and Arid Zone Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal | Publisher/associated links: | http://www.une.edu.au/ers/staff-profile-doc-folders/steve-debus/debus-ley-rose-diet-eastern-barn-owl.pdf |
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