Development of a habitat suitability index model for Burrowing Owls in the eastern Canadian prairies

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 378-384

  Uhmann, Tanys V ^a   Kenkel, Norm C ^a   Baydack, Richard K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Burrowing Owl; Grazing; Habitat; Habitat suitability index; Manitoba; Modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543056040     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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