NEST-SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF BURROWING OWLS (STRIGIFORMES, STRIGIDAE) IN DURANGO, MEXICO

Authors
RODRIGUEZESTRELLA R ORTEGARUBIO A
Citation
R. Rodriguezestrella et A. Ortegarubio, NEST-SITE CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS OF BURROWING OWLS (STRIGIFORMES, STRIGIDAE) IN DURANGO, MEXICO, Revista de biologia tropical, 41(1), 1993, pp. 143-148
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
Revista de biologia tropical → ACNP
ISSN journal
00347744
Volume
41
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
143 - 148
Database
ISI
SICI code
0034-7744(1993)41:1<143:NCARSO>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia, is a threatened red species in most of its North American distribution. Nest-site characteristics and reproductive success were compared for two breeding seasons in the so uthern Chihuahuan desert, Durango, Mexico. Reproductive success is hig hly correlated with the presence of the Prosopis-Hilaria grassland ass ociation. The following factors were not associated with nesting succe ss: burrow type, distance to the nearest adjacent nest, soil texture a nd number of perches.