Modeling co-occurrence of northern spotted and barred owls: Accounting for detection probability differences

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2983-2989

  Bailey, Larissa L ^a   Reid, Janice A ^b   Forsman, Eric D ^b   Nichols, James D ^a  

^a PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Competitive exclusion; Endangered species; Interaction; Occupancy modeling; Strix occidentalis caurina; Strix varia

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMPETITIVE ABILITY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ESTIMATION METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; VOCALIZATION;

NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

STRIGIFORMES; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 70350567636     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.07.028     Document Type: Article

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