The effects of land-use and landscape structure on barn owl (Tyto alba) breeding success in southern England, U.K.

Landscape Ecology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 555-566

  Bond, Georgina ^a   Burnside, Niall G ^a   Metcalfe, Daniel J ^a   Scott, Dawn M ^a   Blamire, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b Rother Valley Project   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Barn owl; Cluster analysis; GIS; Habitat mosaic; Landscape structure; Nest box; Pellet analysis

Indexed keywords

HABITAT MOSAIC; HOME RANGE; LAND USE; LANDSCAPE STRUCTURE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; SUSSEX; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

MAMMALIA; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; MURIDAE; MUS MUSCULUS; SOREX ARANEUS; SORICIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; TYTO ALBA; TYTONIDAE;

EID: 26244452027     PISSN: 09212973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10980-004-5037-7     Document Type: Article

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