Prey ecology of Mexican spotted owls in pine-oak forests of northern Arizona

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 618-629

  Block, William M ^a   Ganey, Joseph L ^a   Scott, Peter E ^a,c   King, Rudy ^b  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Brush mouse; Deer mouse; Diet; Habitat selection; Mexican spotted owl; Mexican woodrat; Neotoma mexicana; North central Arizona; P. maniculatus; Peromyscus boylii; Ponderosa pine Gambel oak forest; Prey abundance; Prey habitat; Strix occidentalis lucida

Indexed keywords

DIET; HABITAT SELECTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

CERVIDAE; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA; MICROTUS MEXICANUS; MURIDAE; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA MEXICANA; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS BOYLII; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; PINUS PONDEROSA; QUERCUS GAMBELII; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS LUCIDA;

EID: 23744502236     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)069[0618:PEOMSO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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