High levels of habitat loss and fragmentation limit reproductive success by reducing home range size and provisioning rates of Northern saw-whet owls

Biological Conservation

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 524-535

  Hinam, Heather Lynn ^a   Clair, Colleen Cassady St ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Connectivity; Fitness; Foraging theory; Forest fragmentation; Immunocompetence; Strigiformes

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; FITNESS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FORAGING EFFICIENCY; FOREST; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HOME RANGE; IMMUNOCOMPETENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION SIZE; RANGE SIZE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

AEGOLIUS; AEGOLIUS ACADICUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 39649101909     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.11.011     Document Type: Article

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