Predictive models of habitat preferences for the Eurasian eagle owl Bubo bubo: A multiscale approach

Ecography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 21-28

  Martínez, Jose Antonio ^a   Serrano, David ^b   Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^c  

^a Estac Biol de Doñana ^*  (Spain)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; HOME RANGE; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SPAIN;

BUBO; BUBO BUBO; CICONIIFORMES; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0037948912     PISSN: 09067590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0587.2003.03368.x     Document Type: Article

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