Spotted Owls, Barred Owls, and Late-Successional Reserves

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-161

  Pearson, Robert R ^a   Livezey, Kent B ^b  

^a Western Washington Fish and Wildlife Office ^*  (United States)

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

Author keywords

Barred Owl; Late Successional Reserves; Northern Spotted Owl; Northwest Forest Plan; Strix occidentalis caurina; Strix varia

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 34548305035     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/0892-1016(2007)41[156:SOBOAL]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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