The numerical response of great horned owls to the snowshoe hare cycle: Consequences of non-territorial 'floaters' on demography

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 359-370

  Rohner, Christoph ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Bubo virginianus (Gmelin); Census estimate; Population cycles; Predator prey relationships; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHY; GREAT HORNED OWL; NUMERICAL RESPONSE; POPULATION CYCLE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RECRUITMENT; SNOWSHOE HARE;

CANADA, YUKON;

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; LEPUS AMERICANUS; STRIGIDAE;

EID: 0029730947     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/5882     Document Type: Article

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