Survival and movements of juvenile burrowing owls during the postfledging period

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 282-291

  Davies, J Morgan ^a   Restani, Marco ^a  

^a ST CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Black tailed prairie dog; Burrowing Owl; Cynomys ludovicianus; Juvenile survival; Mortality; Postfledging period

Indexed keywords

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33646868563     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[282:SAMOJB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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