Breeding Season Home Range Placement, Activity Patterns And Habitat Use Of The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (AEGOLIUS ACADICUS) In The Southern Appalachian Mountains
- ASU Author/Contributor (non-ASU co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Timothy Charles Milling (Creator)
- Institution
- Appalachian State University (ASU )
- Web Site: https://library.appstate.edu/
- Advisor
- Matthew Rowe
Abstract: The northern saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus), the smallest owl in eastern North America, was not known to be a breeding season resident of the southern Appalachian region until chance encounters by naturalists during the 1940's verified the owl's presence in the region during the Spring, thus suggesting a potential for the presence of breeding populations. Almost sixty years later, the saw-whet's presence as a breeding bird in the southern Appalachians is verified from only a handful of nest records . . . The focus of this study is to better understand the owl's level of dependence on the boreal spruce-fir and to provide a basis for predicting impacts to regional saw-whet populations with the impending loss of habitat.
Breeding Season Home Range Placement, Activity Patterns And Habitat Use Of The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (AEGOLIUS ACADICUS) In The Southern Appalachian Mountains
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- Publication
- Thesis
- Milling, T. (2000). Breeding Season Home Range Placement, Activity Patterns And Habitat Use Of The Northern Saw-Whet Owl (AEGOLIUS ACADICUS) In The Southern Appalachian Mountains. Unpublished Master’s Thesis. Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.
- Language: English
- Date: 2000
- Keywords
- biology, saw-whet owl (Aegolius acadicus), southern Appalachian Mountains, breeding, habitat