Consequences of Eagle Owl nest-site habitat preference for breeding performance and territory stability

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 78-90

  Ortego, Joaquín ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; NESTING; RAPTOR; TERRITORY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 34547792979     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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