Estimation of reproductive rates of burrowing owls

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 493-500

  Gorman, Leah R ^a   Rosenberg, Daniel K ^a,b   Ronan, Noelle A ^a,d   Haley, Katherin L ^a,e   Gervais, Jennifer A ^a,b   Franke, Vince ^c,f  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Institute for Bird Populations   (United States)

^d Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^e FISH AND WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Box 8085   (United States)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Brood size; Burrowing owl; California; Demography; Nest boxes; Productivity; Reproductive rate; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION METHOD; PRODUCTIVITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; GALLIFORMES; RAPTORES; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042815020     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802707     Document Type: Article

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