Habitat selection by spotted owls during natal dispersal in western Oregon

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 140-150

  Miller, Gary S ^a,c   Small, Robert J ^b,d   Meslow, E Charles ^a,e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^d US National Biological Service   (United States)

^e Wildlife Management Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

dispersal; forest fragmentation; habitat selection; mortality; natal dispersal; Oregon; spotted owls; Strix occidentalis caurina; survival

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FOREST FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MORTALITY; NATAL DISPERSAL; NORTHERN SPOTTED OWL;

USA, OREGON;

STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 0030617951     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802423     Document Type: Article

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