Population decline of the little owl (Athene noctua scop.) in the Czech Republic

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 527-534

  Šálek, Martin ^a,b   Schröpfer, Libor ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c Ornithological Club Holýšov ^*  (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Altitude; Athene noctua; Czech Republic; Farming management; Grassland; Little owl; Population decline

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ALTITUDE; GRASSLAND; LAND USE CHANGE; MONITORING; MOWING; NEST SITE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAPTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 55949090535     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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