Large-scale spatial patterns of small-mammal communities in the Mediterranean region revealed by Barn owl diet

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 4985 - 16
• Main Authors: Riegert, Jan, Šindelář, Jiří, Zárybnická, Markéta, Horáček, Ivan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.03.2021; Nature Publishing Group; Nature Portfolio
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/601; 704/172; Biota; Colonization; Community structure; Desertification; Diet; Food resources; Humanities and Social Sciences; Hunting; Islands; Mammals; multidisciplinary; Owls; Predatory behavior; Prey; Science; Science (multidisciplinary); Small mammals; Species composition; Tyto alba

Due to mainly opportunistic hunting behaviour of Barn owl can be its diet composition used for assessing local structure of small-mammal community. We evaluated the structure of small-mammal communities in the Mediterranean region by analysing Barn owl diet using own pellets and literature data (85...