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By the help of the multivariate discriminant analysis the habitat selection in these avian species can be separated with high probability (64\%, 64\%, and 86\% for the woodchat, red-backed and masked shrikes, respectively).}, keywords = {Aves, habitat selection, multivariate analysis, Shrikes, Sympatry}, author = {Mosk{\'a}t, C. and Fuisz, T.I.} } @article {13701, title = {Seasonal food habits of the European brown bear (Ursus arctos) in the Pindos Mountains, Western Greece}, journal = {Folia ZoologicaFolia Zoologica}, volume = {49}, number = {1}, year = {2000}, note = {Cited By (since 1996): 2Export Date: 6 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Adamakopoulos, T., Adamakopoulou, P., Conservation strategy for the brown bear in the North-eastern Pindos (1991) WWF Project 4519 Greece; Berducou, C., Faliu, L., Barrat, J., The food habits of brown bear in the national park of the western Pyrenees (France) as revealed by faeces analysis (1983) Acta Zool. 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Twelve small mammalian species were taken (94.9\% by number and 96.1\% by biomass), although Mus domesticus (26.3\%), Crocidura spp. (25.3\%) and Apodemus spp. (18.4\%) were the main species predated by number. Rats (Rattus spp.), showed the highest frequency (11\%) and biomass percentages observed to date in Greece, and their presence in the barn owl diet is also among the highest in the Mediterranean Europe. Birds (Passer spp. and Carduelis spp.) and insects (Acrididae) were also present (3.9\% and 1.2\%, respectively). Ecological niche values, seasonal and geographical differences were tested, the results pointing to the opportunistic feeding behavior of the barn owl in the croplands of central Greece.}, keywords = {Aves, Feeding habits, Rats, Thessaly, Tyto alba}, author = {Bontzorlos, V.A. and Peris, S.J. and Vlachos, C.G. and Bakaloudis, D.E.} } @article {3682, title = {Some morphological and biological characteristics of fishes from Tavropos reservoir (western Greece)}, journal = {Folia ZoologicaFolia Zoologica}, volume = {55}, number = {2}, year = {2006}, note = {Export Date: 4 September 2006Source: ScopusReferences: Adams, C.E., Huntingford, F.A., The functional significance of inherited differences in feeding morphology in a sympatric polymorphic population of Arctic charr (2002) Evol. Ecol., 16, pp. 15-25; Bobori, D.C., Economidis, P.S., Maurakis, E.G., Freshwater fish habitat science and management in Greece (2001) Aquat. Ecosyst. 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The somatic lengths were linearly correlated to each other for all three species. B. albanicus and L. cf. svallize exhibited negative allometric growth, while the L. gibbosus grew isometrically. The mouth dimensions were linearly or exponentially correlated to body size for all species. However, the mouth morphology differed among the species indicating differences in foraging ability and resource utilisation. The lifespan of B. albanicus, L. cf. svallize and L. gibbosus in Tavropos reservoir was 21, 9 and 3 years respectively. The corresponding growth parameters were: L ? = 47.0 cm, K = 0.064 yr-1, t0 = -2.76 yr for B. albanicus, L? = 24.3 cm, K = 0.257 yr-1, t 0 = -1.46 yr for L. cf. svallize and L? = 11.9 cm, K = 0.506 yr-1, t0 = -1.67 yr for L. gibbosus.}, keywords = {age, Barbus albanicus, growth, Lepomis gibbosus, Leuciscus cf. svallize, Mouth dimensions, Pisces}, author = {Bobori, D.C. and Tsikliras, A.C. and Economidis, N.I.} }