Habitat preferences and causes of population decline for Barn Owls Tyto alba: A multi-scale approach

Ardeola

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-317

  Martínez, Jose Antonio ^a   Zuberogoitia, Íñigo ^b  

^a Universidad del País Vasco ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Agriculture abandonment; Barn Owl; Environmental impact assessment; Nest boxes; Persecution; Strategic environmental assessment; Tyto alba

Indexed keywords

STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE; VALENCIA;

EID: 18844418755     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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