Factors affecting detection probability of burrowing owls in southwest agroecosystem environments

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 75, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1558-1567

  Manning, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

activity center; agroecosystem; Athene cunicularia; availability for detection; burrowing owl; detection probability; monitoring; population estimation; survey methods

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; AGRICULTURAL ECOSYSTEM; AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; BURROWING ORGANISM; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DETECTION METHOD; ERROR ANALYSIS; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY; RAPTOR; SURVEY DESIGN; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WIND VELOCITY;

CALIFORNIA; IMPERIAL VALLEY; UNITED STATES;

ATHENE; ATHENE CUNICULARIA; SPEOTYTO CUNICULARIA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 80051910625     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.192     Document Type: Article

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