Diets and foraging behavior of northern Spotted Owls in Oregon

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 214-230

  Forsman, Eric D ^a   Anthony, Robert G ^b   Meslow, E Charles ^b   Zabel, Cynthia J ^c  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC SOUTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Arborimus longicaudus; Diet; Glaucomys sabrinus; Northern flying squirrel; Northern Spotted Owl; Prey selection; Red tree vole; Strix occidentalis caurina

Indexed keywords

DIET; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; PREY AVAILABILITY; PREY SELECTION; RAPTOR;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; ANURA; ARBORIMUS; ARBORIMUS LONGICAUDUS; ASTACOIDEA; AVES; CERVIDAE; CLETHRIONOMYS; CLETHRIONOMYS CALIFORNICUS; CRICETINAE; GASTROPODA; GLAUCOMYS; GLAUCOMYS SABRINUS; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; MAMMALIA; MURIDAE; NEOTOMA; NEOTOMA CINEREA; NEOTOMA FUSCIPES; PEROMYSCUS; PEROMYSCUS MANICULATUS; REPTILIA; SCIURIDAE; SCORPIONES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; THOMOMYS;

EID: 6444232668     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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