Burrowing owl population-trend surveys in Southern Alberta: 1991-2000

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 310-315

  Shyry, Darcey T ^a   Wellicome, Troy I ^b   Schmutz, Josef K ^c   Erickson, Gary L ^d   Scobie, Dave L ^e   Russell, Reg F ^d   Martin, Rick G ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d ALBERTA ENVIRONMENT AND PARKS   (Canada)

^e Box 1644   (Canada)

^f Eastern Irrigation District   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alberta; Athene cunicularia; Burrowing Owl; Call playback; Canada; Monitoring; Population trend; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544367047     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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