Effects of human land use on western Burrowing Owl foraging and activity budgets

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 87-98

  Chipman, Erica D ^a   McIntyre, Nancy E ^a   Strauss, Richard E ^a   Wallace, Mark C ^a   Ray, James D ^b   Boal, Clint W ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BWXT Pantex   (United States)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Behavior; Burrowing Owl; Land use; Texas; Urban

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BREEDING SEASON; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; LAND USE; PREDATOR; RAPTOR; URBANIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; HEXAPODA; MAMMALIA; POACEAE; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 63049089296     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-07-20.1     Document Type: Article

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