Captive-reared burrowing owls show higher site-affinity, survival, and reproductive performance when reintroduced using a soft-release

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1382-1391

  Mitchell, Aimee M ^a   Wellicome, Troy I ^b,c   Brodie, Dawn ^d   Cheng, Kimberly M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d Burrowing Owl Conservation Society of BC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Athene cunicularia; Avian reintroduction; Captive reared; Enclosures; Endangered species; Hard release; Soft release

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BURROW; CAPTIVE POPULATION; DISPERSAL; ENCLOSURE EXPERIMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CREATION; RAPTOR; REINTRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; YOUNG POPULATION;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 79956221313     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.12.019     Document Type: Article

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