Habitat preference models for nesting Eagle Owls Bubo bubo: How much can be inferred from changes with spatial scale?

Ardeola

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 385-394

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a,b   Díaz, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bubo bubo; Eagle Owl; Habitat preferences; Land uses; Multiple spatial scales; Prey abundance; Spain; Topography

Indexed keywords

BUBO BUBO; CICONIIFORMES; GLYPTOCEPHALUS CYNOGLOSSUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 18844430864     PISSN: 05707358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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