Chapter 11. Conservation status of boreal owls in the United States

Abstract

Previous chapters outlined the biology and ecology of boreal owls as well as the ecology of important vegetation communities based on literature from North America and Europe. That technical review provides the basis to assess the current conservation status of boreal owls in the United States. By conservation status, we mean the demographic condition of the species as it relates to the likelihood of local and national persistence of wild populations over the long term. Are populations of boreal owls in the United States currently threatened? Are current land management practices likely to lead toward the peril of local or regional populations?

Parent Publication

• Flammulated, boreal, and great gray owls in the United States: A technical conservation assessment

Citation

Hayward, Gregory D. 1994. Chapter 11. Conservation status of boreal owls in the United States. In: Hayward, G. D.; Verner, J., tech. editors. Flammulated, boreal, and great gray owls in the United States: A technical conservation assessment. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-253. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station. p. 139-147