Population trends and implications for monitoring cactus ferruginous pygmy owls in Northern Mexico

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 867-871

  Flesch, Aaron D ^a   Steidl, Robert J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Broadcast surveys; Cactus ferruginous pygmy owl; Glaucidium brasilianum cactorum; Population monitoring; Population trends; Power analysis; Sonora

Indexed keywords

CACTACEAE; GLAUCIDIUM BRASILIANUM; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33746331073     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[867:PTAIFM]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Note

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