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Filtering by: Creator Jacobs, Dakota C. Committee Member Pereira, Cliff Subject Burrowing owl -- Ecology -- California, Southern

Habitat selection, reproductive success, and site fidelity of burrowing owls in a grassland ecosystem

Creator:

Ronan, Noelle A.

Abstract:

I used a comparative and experimental approach to examine nest habitat selection, reproductive success, and nest site fidelity of burrowing owls (Athene cunicularia) in a large, non-fragmented grassland in southwest California. In 1999, I compared habitat characteristics between nest sites (n = 31) and randomly selected, unoccupied burrows (n =...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

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