Natal and breeding dispersal of northern spotted owls

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 149, 2002, Pages 1-35

  Forsman, Eric D ^a   Anthony, Robert G ^b   Reid, Janice A ^c   Loschl, Peter J ^a   Sovern, Stan G ^c   Taylor, Margaret ^c   Biswell, Brian L ^c   Ellingson, Amy ^b,e   Meslow, E Charles ^b,f   Miller, Gary S ^b,g   Swindle, Keith A ^b,h   Thrailkill, James A ^b,i   Wagner, Frank F ^b   Seaman, D Erran ^d,f  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^e Kingfisher Ecological Inc   (United States)

^f Kingfisher Ecological Inc ^*  (United States)

^g U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^h U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ McKenzie Watershed Council   (United States)

Author keywords

Banding; Dispersal; Inbreeding; Mortality; Northern spotted owl; Oregon; Predation; Radiotelemetry; Strix occidentalis caurina; Washington

Indexed keywords

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 3242706747     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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