[importance of shaw's jird meriones shawii within the trophic components of the barn owl tyto alba in steppic areas of algeria]. | the study of the diet of the barn owl in two steppic regions (m'sila and djelfa) located in the algerian highlands is based on the analysis of the pellets of rejections collected in six stations. the analysis of 706 pellets resulting from the various stations made it possible to count 1380 individuals, represented by seven classes, 12 orders, 32 families, and 76 species of preys. the mammals are consumed with variable abundance rates between 59.1 % and 90.0 % whose predominance is assigned to th ... | 2014 | 24961561 |