Diet composition of the Pharaoh eagle owl, Bubo ascalaphus, across agricultural and natural areas in Saudi Arabia-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Diet composition of the Pharaoh eagle owl, Bubo ascalaphus, across agricultural and natural areas in Saudi Arabia

Published:2023 Issue: Volume:83 Page:
ISSN:1678-4375
Container-title:Brazilian Journal of Biology
language:
Short-container-title:Braz. J. Biol.

Author:

Al Ghamdi A. R.¹^ORCID,Al Gethami F.¹^ORCID,Abu Baker M.²^ORCID,Al Atawi T.¹^ORCID,Al Boug A.¹^ORCID,Amr Z.¹^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. National Centre for Wildlife, Saudi Arabia

2. The University of Jordan, Jordan

Abstract

Abstract The diet of the Pharaoh eagle owl, Bubo ascalaphus, inhabiting agricultural and natural areas in Saudi Arabia, was studied. Pellet analysis for B. ascalaphus in the agricultural area contained a high percentage (61.3%) of the house mouse, Mus musculus, while pellets collected from natural habitats were void of M. musculus, however, with a high proportion of wild rodents (Meriones crassus (28.6%) and Jaculus loftusi (41.6%). This suggests the importance of this owl as a biological control agent in agricultural areas.

Publisher

FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

Subject

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Link

http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&pid=S1519-69842023000101050&tlng=en

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