Breeding ecology of mackinder's eagle-owls (bubo capensis mackinderi) in farmlands of central kenya

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 327-335

  Ogada, Darcy L ^a,b   Kibuthu, Paul M ^c  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PRIMATE RESEARCH   (Kenya)

^c Raptor Working Group of Nature Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; breeding; Bubo capensis mackinderi; Cape Eagle Owl; density; human disturbance; Mackinder's Eagle Owl; raptor; reproductive rate

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; MORTALITY; NEAREST NEIGHBOR ANALYSIS; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; RAINFALL; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

KENYA;

AVES; BUBO; BUBO CAPENSIS; RAPTORES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84870204860     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3356/JRR-11-90.1     Document Type: Article

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