Occurrence of burrowing owls in black-tailed prairie dog colonies on great plains national grasslands

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 316-321

  Sidle, John G ^a   Ball, Mark ^b   Byer, Timothy ^c   Chynoweth, James J ^d,i   Foli, Gary ^e   Hodorff, Robert ^f   Moravek, Glen ^g   Peterson, Richard ^h   Svingen, Daniel N ^a,j  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Pawnee National Grassland   (United States)

^c Thunder Basin National Grassland   (United States)

^d Cimarron National Grassland   (United States)

^e Box 8   (United States)

^f Buffalo Gap National Grassland   (United States)

^g Fort Pierre National Grassland   (United States)

^h Comanche National Grassland ^*  (United States)

ⁱ Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument   (United States)

^j Dakota Prairie Grasslands   (United States)

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Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Black tailed prairie dog; Breeding distribution; Burrowing Owl; Cynomys ludovicianus; Great Plains; National Grasslands; Survey

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544370282     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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