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The importance of micro-habitat in the breeding of Barn Owls Tyto alba |
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| Authors: | Motti Charter Yossi Leshem Kobi Meyrom Ori Peleg Alexandre Roulin |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Zoology , Tel-Aviv Univ , Ramat-Aviv, 69978 , Israel;2. Current address: Department of Evolution and Environmental Biology , University of Haifa , 31905 , Haifa , Israel charterm@post.tau.ac.il;4. Department of Zoology , Tel-Aviv Univ , Ramat-Aviv, 69978 , Israel;5. Kibbutz Nir David, Bet Shean Valley, Israel;6. Department of Ecology and Evolution , Biophore, University of Lausanne , 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Abstract: | Capsule?Habitat parameters associated with 706 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) nesting boxes in Israel were analysed. Pairs bred in 259 of the boxes. The intensity of agricultural practices at nestbox sites were shown to have only a weak effect on aspects of Barn Owl breeding in this region. |
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