Clear-cut areas and breeding success of Tengmalm's owls Aegolius funereus

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-258

  Hakkarainen, Harri ^a   Koivunen, Vesa ^a   Korpimäki, Erkki ^a   Kurki, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aegolius funereus; Breeding success; Clear cuttings; Forest fragmentation; Modern forestry; Vole density

Indexed keywords

AEGOLIUS FUNEREUS; MICROTUS; MURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0030429581     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.1996.028     Document Type: Article

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