Mark-recapture and DNA fingerprinting data reveal high breeding-site fidelity, low natal philopatry, and low levels of genetic population differentiation in flammulated owls (Otus flammeolus)

Auk

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 329-337

  Arsenault, David P ^a   Stacey, Peter B ^b   Hoelzer, Guy A ^c  

^a Avian Research Center of Nevada   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispersal; DNA fingerprinting; Flammulated Owl; Gene flow; New Mexico; Otus flammeolus; Ponderosa pine; Population structure

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENE FLOW; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAPTOR; SITE FIDELITY;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OTUS FLAMMEOLUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 20444417484     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/0004-8038(2005)122[0329:MADFDR]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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