Home range and habitat use of northern spotted owls on the olympic Peninsula, Washington

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 365-377

  Forsman, Eric D ^a   Kaminski, Timmothy J ^a,b   Lewis, Jeffery C ^a,c   Maurice, Kevin J ^a,d   Sovern, Stan G ^a,e   Ferland, Cheron ^e   Glenn, Elizabeth ^e  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA Forest Service Bridger Teton National Forest   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE   (United States)

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

^e OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Habitat use; Home range; Northern spotted owl; Olympic Peninsula; Radiotelemetry; Strix occindentalis caurina; Washington

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR; ROOSTING;

NORTH AMERICA; OLYMPIC PENINSULA; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; SCIURIDAE; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 33748324555     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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