Redefining the distributional boundaries of the Northern and California Spotted Owls: Implications for conservation

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 182-187

  Gutierrez R J ^a   Barrowclough, George F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Spotted Owl; Distribution; Northern Spotted Owl; Strix occidentalis caurina; Strix occidentalis occidentalis

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 13844255249     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7670     Document Type: Review

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