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Article: Diet of the Rufous-legged Owl (Strix rufipes) at the northern limit of its distribution in Chile.
- Article from:
- The Wilson Journal of Ornithology
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
- Author:
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Forest fragmentation and land-use patterns have modified and dramatically reduced the availability and quality of natural habitats in Chile (Fuentes 1994). The distribution of both southern temperate and sclerophyllous forests has been significantly reduced. Sclerophyllous forest has virtually disappeared throughout its original distribution as a result of intensive human exploitation and destruction during the last 200 years. This forest type is now restricted to small degraded patches along deep ravines in mountainous areas (Fuentes 1994, Estades and Temple 1999). There is an urgent need to understand the ecology of forest-specialist predators because native forests are ...
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