Responsiveness of Elf Owls to conspecific and Great Horned Owl calls;Respuestas de Micrathene whitneyi a llamadas de conspecíficos y de Bubo virginianus

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 66-71

  Boal, Clint W ^a,b   Bibles, Brent D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUBO VIRGINIANUS; MICRATHENE; MICRATHENE WHITNEYI; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0035530223     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-72.1.66     Document Type: Article

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