Factors affecting the detection of elf owls and western screech owls

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 333-342

  Hardy, Paul C ^a,b   Morrison, Michael L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Plumas National Forest   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcast surveys; Detection rates; Elf owl; Micrathene whitneyi; Moon phase; Otus kennicottii; Sonoran Desert; Western screech owl

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; RAPTOR;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033923174     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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