The long-term effect of fitting back-mounted radio tags to juvenile tawny owls Strix aluco

Wildlife Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 161-170

  Petty, Steve J ^a,e   Appleby, Bridget M ^b   Coles, Christopher F ^c   Julliard, Romain ^d  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breeding performance; Food supply; Microtus agrestis; Radio telemetry; Recruitment; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

AVES; MICROTUS AGRESTIS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX ALUCO; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS;

EID: 4944231428     PISSN: 09096396     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2981/wlb.2004.022     Document Type: Article

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