Factors affecting daily nest survival of burrowing owls within black-tailed prairie dog colonies

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 232-241

  Lantz, Sarah J ^a,c   Conway, Courtney J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient temperature; Athene cunicularia; Breeding phenology; Burrowing owls; Daily nest survival; Logistic exposure; Nest depredation; Prairie dogs; Reproduction; Wyoming

Indexed keywords

BREEDING SEASON; CANID; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MODEL TEST; NESTING SUCCESS; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

UNITED STATES; WYOMING;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS LUDOVICIANUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 67650296868     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-596     Document Type: Article

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