Factors related to body condition of nestling Burrowing Owls in Buffalo Gap National Grassland, South Dakota

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 115, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 477-480

  Griebel, Randall L ^a,c   Savidge, Julie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Black Hills National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL DATE; BODY CONDITION; BROOD SIZE; NEST SITE; NESTLING; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); RAPTOR;

BUFFALO GAP NATIONAL GRASSLAND; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; BUBALUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 2342652267     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/02-094     Document Type: Article

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