Association between wildlife agriculture: Underlying mechanisms implications in burrowing owls

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 708-716

  Moulton, Colleen E ^a,b   Brady, Ryan S ^a   Belthoff, James R ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Athene cunicularia; Burrow availability; Burrowing owl; Predation; Prey availability

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BURROW; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION;

IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; RODENTIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 33746343355     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[708:ABWAAU]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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