Seasonal survival rates and causes of mortality of Little Owls in Denmark;Saisonale Überlebensraten und Ursachen für Sterblichkeit beim Steinkauz (Athena noctua) in Dänemark

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 183-190

  Thorup, Kasper ^a   Pedersen, Dorthe ^a,b,c   Sunde, Peter ^b   Jacobsen, Lars Bo ^a   Rahbek, Carsten ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conservation; Little Owl; Mortality; Population dynamics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; JUVENILE; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ECOLOGY; POPULATION GROWTH; RAPTOR; RINGING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TAGGING;

DENMARK;

ATHENE NOCTUA; AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 84871919965     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-012-0885-4     Document Type: Article

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