Factors influencing burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) nest densities and numbers in western Nebraska

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 143-148

  Desmond, Martha J ^a   Savidge, Julie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA;

EID: 0029807605     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2426639     Document Type: Article

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