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[xiii], 363 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Introduction to Australian owls / David Hollands -- Population limitation in Holarctic owls / Ian Newton -- Occupancy in relation to site quality in barn owls (Tyto alba) in south Scotland / Iain R. Taylor -- Natal dispersal distances of Finnish owls : results from ringing / Pertti Saurola -- Natal and post-natal dispersal of northern spotted owls (Strix occidentalis) / Eric D. Forsman -- Home-range, movement and dispersal of Lanyu scops owls (Otus elegans) / Lucia Liv Severinghaus -- Detrimental effects of blood parasites on parental effort and reproductive success of Tengmalm's owls (Aegolius funereus) and Eurasian kestrels (Falco tinnunculus) / Erkki Korpimaki ... [et al.] -- Infertility as a cause of hatching failure in the barn owl (Tyto alba) in the Netherlands / Arnold B. van den Burg -- Ecology and behaviour of the forest owlet (Athene blewitti) / Farah Ishtiaq, Asad R. Rahmani & Pamela Rasmussen -- Habitat quality in powerful owl (Ninox strenua) territories in the box-ironbark forest of Victoria, Australia / T.R. Soderquist ... [et al.] -- Urbanisation and the ecology of powerful owls (Ninox strenua) in outer Melbourne, Victoria / Raylene Cooke, Robert Wallis & Alan Webster -- Distribution and habitat of barking owls (Ninox connivens) in central Victoria, Australia / Iain R. Taylor, Indre Kirsten & Paul Peake -- Habitat, breeding and conservation of the barking owl (Ninox connivens) in northeastern Victoria, Australia / Iain R. Taylor, Indre Kirsten & Paul Peake -- Distribution, habitat and abundance of masked owls (Tyto novaehollandiae) in Tasmania / P.J. Bell & Nick Mooney -- Spatial habitat characteristics of an insular spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) population in southern California / Richard B. Smith ... [et al.] -- |
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Effects of habitat fragmentation and slope on the distribution of three owl species in the Manitoba Escarpment, Canada - a preliminary analysis / Heather L. Hinam & James R. Duncan -- Comparative habitat use by owls in a high altitude (1,700-3,000 m) Rocky Mountain forest / Stanley H. Anderson & Kathleen A. Clark -- Comparative diets of the powerful owl (Ninox strenua), sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa) and masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) in southeastern Australia / Rodney P. Kavanagh -- Notes on the diet and observations of the southern boobook (Ninox novaeseelandiae) in southern Victoria / Edward G. McNabb -- Conservation and management of large forest owls in southeastern Australia / Rodney P. Kavanagh -- Large forest owl conservation in the East Gippsland Forest Management Area, Victoria / Andrew D. McIntyre & Stephen R. Henry -- Owls in the southwest forests of Western Australia / G.L. Liddelow, I.B. Wheeler & Rodney P. Kavanagh -- Modelling distributions of large forest owls as a conservation tool in forest management : a case study from Victoria, southeastern Australia / Richard H. Loyn ... [et al.] -- Monitoring large forest owls and gliders after recent logging in production regrowth forests in the mid-north coastal region of New South Wales / Brett Cann, Justin Williams & James M. Shields -- Response to habitat fragmentation by the powerful owl (Ninox strenua), sooty owl (Tyto tenebricosa), masked owl (Tyto novaehollandiae) and other nocturnal fauna in southeastern Australia / Rodney P. Kavanagh & Matthew A. Stanton -- Lessons learned in 30 years of research and management on the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis) / Eric D. Forsman -- |
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Rodenticides in British barn owls (Tyto alba) / Ian Newton & Ian Wyllie -- Racumin rodenticide - potential environmental impact on birds / Warwick Madden -- Vocalisations used by southern boobooks (Ninox novaeseelandiae) in the Australian Capital Territory / J. Olsen, S. Trost & G. Hayes -- Do southern boobooks (Ninox novaeseelandiae) duet? / J. Olsen, B.G. Marcot & S. Trost -- Independent evolution of outer ear asymmetry among five owl lineages; morphology, function and selection / Åke Norberg -- The taxonomy and conservation status of the owls of the world : a review / John M. Penhallurick -- Distribution, taxonomy, status and major threatening processes of owls of the Australasian region / Stephen Debus |
| Summary |
The chapters in this book derive from papers at a five-day conference devoted to the study of owls, which was held at the Australian National University, Canberra, in January 2000. The conference was the third in a series of international meetings on owls |
| Notes |
"The chapters in this book derive from papers presented at the Owls 2000 conference held in Canberra, Australia, which was third in a series of international meetings on owls"--Back cover |
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The Australasian Raptor Association (ARA) is proud to have initiated and hosted Owls 2000 which was held in Canberra at the Australian National University, 19-23 January 2000."--Foreword |
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Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Also available via the World Wide Web |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web |
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Owls -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Owls -- Ecology -- Congresses.
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Birds -- Conservation -- Congresses.
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Wildlife management -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Owls -- Ecology -- Australia -- Congresses.
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Owls -- Australia.
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Owls -- Ecology -- Australia.
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Wildlife management -- Australia.
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Owls -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Newton, Ian, 1940-
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Australasian Raptor Association.
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CSIRO Publishing.
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Owls 2000 Conference (2000 : Canberra, A.C.T.)
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| LC no. |
2002483814 |
| ISBN |
0643067949 paperback |
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