Long-term population dynamics of a managed burrowing owl colony

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1295-1306

  Barclay, John H ^a   Korfanta, Nicole M ^b   Kauffman, Matthew J ^b  

^a Albion Environmental Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

airport; Athene cunicularia; burrowing owl; California; demography; life table response experiment; mark recapture; population dynamics; survival

Indexed keywords

BURROWING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; FECUNDITY; GROWTH RATE; HABITAT CONSERVATION; JUVENILE; LIFE TABLE; LONG-TERM CHANGE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPTOR; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ATHENE CUNICULARIA; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 79960824234     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.170     Document Type: Article

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