Experimental feeding of suburban Eastern Screech-Owls Otus asio has few effects on reproduction apart from non-experimental factors

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 38-46

  Gehlbach, Frederick R ^a   Roberts, Jeffrey C ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIO; OTUS ASIO; STRIGIFORMES;

EASTERN SCREECH-OWL; EXPERIMENTAL FEEDING; FOOD SUPPLEMENTATION; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 0030613925     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3677092     Document Type: Article

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