03029nam 2200637 a 450 991078974000332120230725032243.00-643-10411-91-283-35511-697866133551190-643-10410-0(CKB)2670000000130942(EBL)815688(OCoLC)768081827(SSID)ssj0000632300(PQKBManifestationID)12204941(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000632300(PQKBWorkID)10609259(PQKB)10802363(MiAaPQ)EBC815688(Au-PeEL)EBL815688(CaPaEBR)ebr10619786(CaONFJC)MIL335511(EXLCZ)99267000000013094220121114d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAustralian high country owls[electronic resource] /Jerry OlsenCollingwood, Vic. CSIRO Pub.20111 online resource (377 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-643-09705-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Contents; Preface and acknowledgements; What is an owl?; What is a Ninox?; What is a Southern Boobook?; Studying owls; David Fleay; Surveying owls; Finding owls; Trapping and handling owls; Telemetry; Diet and hunting - medium-sized owls; Spotted Owls; Boobook summer diet; Boobook prey size; Northern Hawk-Owls and Long-eared Owls; Winter Boobook diet; Great Horned Owls and versatility; Great Grey Owls and wing formulae; Powerful Owl diet; Forest owl diets; Powerful Owls and dimorphism; Breeding; Southern Boobook calls; Borders; Duetting and duelling; Weather and callingA lover's trianglePre-breeding behaviour; Colour plates; Nests and breeding habitat; Timing of breeding; Pair behaviour - incubation; Pair behaviour - prey deliveries; Fledging age; Female desertion; Fledgling behaviour; Snowy Owls; David Lack's theory of limiting factors; Tawny Owls in Kielder Forest; Duelling and nest failures; Conservation; Spotted Owls; Athene and Burrowing Owls; Little Owls; Conserving Australian owls; Conservation techniques; Wallacea; Wallacea; Sumba Barn Owls; Sumba Boobook; New species; Eviction; Appendix A: Australian owlsAppendix B: Rehabilitating injured and orphaned owlsReferences; IndexDescriptions, anecdotes and conservation issues referring to Australia's major owl species.OwlsAustraliaOwlsAustraliaIdentificationMountain animalsAustraliaOwlsOwlsMountain animals598.97598.970994Olsen Jerry1497675MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910789740003321Australian high country owls3722907UNINA