Range expansion of barred owls, part II: Facilitating ecological changes

American Midland Naturalist

Volumn 161, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 323-349

  Livezey, Kent B ^a  

^a U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; CONNECTIVITY; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT LOSS; MIGRATION; PREDATION; RANGE EXPANSION; RAPTOR;

AVES; BISON; BISON BISON; CASTOR CANADENSIS; CERVIDAE; CERVUS ELAPHUS; ODOCOILEUS; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX VARIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 65349191176     PISSN: 00030031     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1674/0003-0031-161.2.323     Document Type: Article

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