Social status influences microhabitat selection: Breeder and floater Eagle Owls Bubo bubo use different post sites

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Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 569-579

  Campioni, Letizia ^a   Delgado, María D M ^a,b   Penteriani, Vincenzo ^a,c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Conspecific interactions; Dispersal; Post site selection; Territorial intrusions; Territory holders.

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; MICROHABITAT; PREDATOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANIMALIA; AVES; BUBO BUBO; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 77954858556     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2010.01030.x     Document Type: Article

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