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03644cam a2200385 a 4500 001 8D3B929E2AC911DEB7B0B404A8D7520A 005 200904161600.0 008 930617s1994 enkab b 001 0 eng 010 $a 93026509 020 $a 9780521392907 (hardback) 020 $a 052139290X (hardback) 035 $a (OCoLC)28421915 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d EYE $d IAY $d TMV $d AGL $d IOV $d SILO 050 00 $a QL696.S85 $b T38 1994 082 00 $a 598.9/7 $2 20 100 1 $a Taylor, Iain. 245 1 $a Barn owls : $b predator-prey relationships and conservation / $c Iain Taylor. 260 $a New York : $a New York : $b Cambridge University Press, $c 1994. 300 $a xvi, 304 p. : $b ill., maps ; $c 26 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-299) and index. 505 0 $a (cont) Conservation -- Evidence for population decline -- Causes of population decline -- Conservation management -- Monitoring barn owl populations. 505 0 $a (cont) Effect of female size and age on laying dates -- Nest sites -- Types of nest site used -- Nest site preference -- Courtship and eggs -- Courtship -- Eggs -- Incubation -- Incidence of non-laying -- Seasonal trends in clutch size -- Second clutches -- Clutch size and annual variation in prey abundance -- Clutch size in relation to habitat and female age -- Production of young -- Hatching -- Chick growth and development -- Mortality of chicks -- Fledging success -- Production in different populations -- Dispersal -- Comments on methodology -- Post-fledging dispersal in Europe -- Comparison of the sexes -- Direction of dispersal in Europe -- Dispersal of North American barn owls -- Dispersal distance in relation to vole abundance -- Fidelity to nest site and mate -- Dispersal and the avoidance of inbreeding -- Mortality -- Seasonal patterns of mortality -- Mortality rates in relation to age -- Mortality rate in relation to food supply and weather -- Causes of death -- Population size and regulation -- Nature of population changes -- Causes of population changes -- Limitation of population density. 505 0 $a Barn owl: briefly -- Study areas in Scotland -- Research methods -- Distribution and variation -- Variation within subspecies -- Variation among subspecies -- Related spedies in the genus Tyto -- Diet -- Diversity of prey in the diet -- Diet in relation to habitat -- Seasonal changes in diet -- Long-term changes in diet -- Foraging behaviour -- General foraging adaptations -- Vision -- Hearing -- Prey searching in wild birds -- Ecology and behaviour of the prey -- Temporal changes in prey numbers -- Habitat preferences -- Activity patterns -- Prey selection, foraging habitats and energetics -- Selection among potential prey species -- Selection with prey species -- Size of prey items -- Selection of foraging areas -- Energetics -- Ranging and roosting behaviour -- Seasonal changes in ranging behaviour -- Home ranges during the breeding season -- Roosting behaviour -- Moult -- Sequence of moult -- Timing of moult -- Evolutionary aspects of moult -- Breeding seasons -- Geographic variation in breeding seasons -- Variation in laying dates within populations -- Effect of habitat on laying dates. 650 0 $a Barn owl. 650 0 $a Birds, Protection of. 650 0 $a Predation (Biology) 653 0 $a Owls 939 $a 289331 941 $a 5 952 $l USUX851 $d 20220303011432.0 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20180103030932.0 952 $l OMAX631 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=8D3B929E2AC911DEB7B0B404A8D7520AInitiate Another SILO Locator Search