Habitat preferences for Long-eared Owls Asio otus and Little Owls Athene noctua in semi-arid environments at three spatial scales

Bird Study

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 163-169

  Martínez, Jose Antonio ^a   Zuberogoitia, Iñigo ^b  

^a Universidad del País Vasco ^*  (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; HABITAT SELECTION; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; RAPTOR; SEMIARID REGION;

ALICANTE [ALICANTE (PRV)]; ALICANTE [COMUNIDAD VALENCIA]; COMUNIDAD VALENCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ASIO OTUS; ATHENE NOCTUA; NOCTUA; OTUS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES; VALENCIA;

EID: 3042818908     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650409461348     Document Type: Article

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