Habitat selection by Northern Spotted Owls: The consequences of prey selection and distribution

Condor

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 79-92

  Ward Jr , James P ^a,b   Gutierrez R J ^a   Noon, Barry R ^b,c  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Dusky footed woodrat; Energetic requirements; Foraging habitat; Late seral forest; Northern Spotted Owl; Prey abundance; Reproductive success; Strix occidentalis caurina

Indexed keywords

STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 0344701048     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369899     Document Type: Article

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