Nesting ecology of burrowing owls occupying black-tailed prairie dog towns in Southeastern Montana

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 296-303

  Restani, Marco ^a,d   Rau, Larry R ^b   Flath, Dennis L ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Bureau of Land Management   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

^d Rocky Mountain College   (United States)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Black tailed prairie dog; Burrowing Owl; Cynomys ludovicianus; Food habits; Habitat selection; Montana; Plague; Yersinia pestis

Indexed keywords

EID: 18544374600     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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