Influence of prey abundance on northern spotted owl reproductive success in western Oregon

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1715-1725

  Rosenberg, Daniel K ^a,b   Swindle, Keith A ^a,c   Anthony, Robert G ^a  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS;

TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

BIODIVERSITY;

BREEDING; FOOD AVAILABILITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

CASCADE RANGE; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS CALIFORNICUS; CRICETINAE; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; MURIDAE; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; SCIURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0347093317     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z03-167     Document Type: Article

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