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Hunger sweetens the beans: evidence of opportunistic feeding behaviour of the little owl (Athene noctua, Scopoli 1769) from Peloponnese, Greece Cover

Hunger sweetens the beans: evidence of opportunistic feeding behaviour of the little owl (Athene noctua, Scopoli 1769) from Peloponnese, Greece

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|Mar 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/srj-2022-0006 | Journal eISSN: 2644-5247 | Journal ISSN: 1337-3463
Language: English
Page range: 57 - 67
Submitted on: May 9, 2022
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Accepted on: Feb 14, 2023
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Published on: Mar 21, 2023
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