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Priorities for Future Research
A critical research priority is to establish a long-term population monitoring program. This would best be carried out by annually monitoring breeding and wintering abundance at sites where owls are known to occur on a frequent basis. Satellite monitors (once available) could be used to track movement of individual owls and provide valuable data on seasonal and annual movements, including fidelity to breeding and wintering areas. Changing land-use practices on the Great Plains may be benefiting Short-eared Owls, but assessments are needed on how land set-aside programs (e.g., CRP, GRP) may be benefiting breeding and wintering owls.
Wiggins, D. A., D. W. Holt and S. M. Leasure. 2006. Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus), The Birds of North America Online (A. Poole, Ed.). Ithaca: Cornell Lab of Ornithology; Retrieved from the Birds of North America Online: http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna/species/062
