Tag: Little Owl

Effects of habitat loss on perceived and actual abundance of the Little Owl Athene noctua in eastern Spain.

Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 1 abstract […]. The aims of this study are: (1) to reveal habitat-abundance relationship between the traditional agro-pastoral complex of the coast of Alicante and the Little Owl over a decade and (2) to test whether habitat loss can modify Little Owl detectability. […]. Martinez, J. A. & Zuberogoitia, […]

Effects of habitat loss on perceived and actual abundance of the Little Owl Athene noctua in eastern Spain.

Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 1 abstract […]. The aims of this study are: (1) to reveal habitat-abundance relationship between the traditional agro-pastoral complex of the coast of Alicante and the Little Owl over a decade and (2) to test whether habitat loss can modify Little Owl detectability. […]. Martinez, J. A. & Zuberogoitia, […]

Occupancy and abundance of Little Owl (Athene noctua) in an intensively managed forest area in Biscay

Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 3 abstract We censused a population of Little Owls in Biscay (North Iberian Peninsula) using playback calls.We modelled their distribution using Geographic Information System (GIS), extracting data on land use and landscape composition in occupied and unoccupied areas at two different scales. Little Owl presence and habitat selectionweremainly governed […]

The monitoring of Little Owl Athene noctuain Chelm (SE Poland) in 1998-2000

Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 2 abstract For many years in parts of Europe, LittleOwl Athene noctua populations havedeclined, sometimes to extinction (Manez1994, Genot et al. 1997). Little Owl hasalso disappeared from territories inPoland, particularly in the west where asharp population decline has been recordedin agricultural landscapes and cities(Tomialojc 1990, Dyrcz et al. 1991,Jermaczek […]

The monitoring of Little Owl Athene noctuain Chelm (SE Poland) in 1998-2000

Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 2 abstract For many years in parts of Europe, LittleOwl Athene noctua populations havedeclined, sometimes to extinction (Manez1994, Genot et al. 1997). Little Owl hasalso disappeared from territories inPoland, particularly in the west where asharp population decline has been recordedin agricultural landscapes and cities(Tomialojc 1990, Dyrcz et al. 1991,Jermaczek […]

Factors affecting the prevalence of blood parasites of Little Owls Athene noctua in southern Portugal

Little Owl (Athene noctua) Science Article 4 abstract We studied the relationships between occurrence of blood parasites and host traits in a wild population of Little Owls Athene noctua inMediterranean habitats of southern Portugal. Of 39 owls captured between February andAugust 1999, 16 (41.0%)were infected with Leucocytozoon ziemanni. One individual was infected with Trypanosoma sp. […]