Use of vegetative structure by powerful owls in outer urban Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - Implications for management

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 294-299

  Cooke, Raylene ^a   Wallis, Robert ^a   White, John ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disturbance; Management; Ninox strenua; Powerful Owl; Temperature; Urbanization; Vegetation structure

Indexed keywords

HABITAT USE; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; ROOST SITE; URBAN ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AUSTRALIA;

NINOX STRENUA; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0036966427     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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