Northern Hawk Owls and recent burns: Does burn age matter?

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 420-423

  Hannah, Kevin C ^a,b   Hoyt, Jeff S ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Alaska Bird Observatory   (United States)

^c GOVERNMENT OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breeding; Burned forest; Clearcut logging; Fire; Northern Hawk Owl; Surnia ulula

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; STRIGIFORMES; SURNIA ULULA;

EID: 2342568981     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7342     Document Type: Article

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