Activity patterns of nesting Mexican Spotted Owls

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 42-49

  Delaney, David K ^a,c   Grubb, Teryl G ^a   Beier, Paul ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Mexican Spotted Owl; Nest attentiveness; Nesting behavior; Prey delivery rates; Strix occidentalis lucida; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS LUCIDA;

EID: 0032975631     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370444     Document Type: Article

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