Effectiveness of voluntary habitat stewardship in conserving grassland: Case of Operation Burrowing Owl in Saskatchewan

Environmental Management

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 306-317

  Warnoc, Robert G ^a   Skeel, Margaret A ^a  

^a Nature Saskatchewan   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burrowing owl; Grassland; Private landowners; Program evaluation; Saskatchewan; Voluntary habitat stewardship

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODIVERSITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATELLITES; SOILS;

GRASSLANDS; VOLUNTARY HABITATS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

GRASSLAND; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LANDSAT; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANADA; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT PATCHINESS; HABITAT QUALITY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGERY; NESTING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OWL; PERFORMANCE; SOIL QUALITY; SPECIES HABITAT;

AGRICULTURE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; POACEAE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SASKATCHEWAN; SOIL; STRIGIFORMES;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; SASKATCHEWAN;

ANIMALIA; ATHENE; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 2542474265     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-004-0013-1     Document Type: Article

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