Nocturnal foraging and habitat use by male burrowing owls in a heavily-cultivated region of Southern Saskatchewan

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 304-309

  Sissons, Robert A ^a,c   Scalise, Karyn L ^a,d   Wellicome, Troy I ^b,e  

^a Fish and Wildlife Branch   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c Grasslands National Park of Canada   (Canada)

^d Saskatchewan PCAP   (Canada)

^e ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Burrowing Owl; Habitat use; Home range; Nocturnal foraging; Saskatchewan; Small mammals; Telemetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 18044396813     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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