Spatial ecology and habitat selection of Little Owl Athene noctua during the breeding season in Central European farmland

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 328-338

  Šálek, Martin ^a,b,c   Lövy, Maěj ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE BIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AUTECOLOGY; BREEDING SEASON; BREEDING SITE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; RAPTOR;

CENTRAL EUROPE;

ATHENE NOCTUA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84866350765     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270911000268     Document Type: Article

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