The relationship between Spotted Owl diet and reproductive success in the San Bernardino Mountains, California

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 22-29

  Smith, Richard B ^a,b   Peery, M Zachariah ^a,b   Gutierrez R J ^a   Lahaye, William S ^a,b  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIET; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; STENOPELMATUS FUSCUS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 0032982301     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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