Post-release survival of hand-reared tawny owls (Strix aluco) based on radio-tracking and leg-band return data

Animal Welfare

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 207-214

  Leighton, K ^a   Chilvers, D ^a   Charles, A ^a   Kelly, A ^a,b  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Radio tracking; Rehabilitation; Strix aluco; Survival; Tawny owl

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; OWL; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

ANIMALIA; AVES; RAPTORES; STRIX ALUCO;

EID: 49749117069     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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