Forest Owlet or Farmer's owlet: Scale-dependent habitat selection reveals conditional compatibility between Forest Owlet conservation and traditional agroforestry in Gujarat, India
Jenis R. Patel, Kuldeep Gamit, Shashank B. Patel, Kulbhushansingh Ramesh Suryawanshi, Anirudh G. Vasava
This study examines how Forest Owlets select habitats across multiple scales in Gujarat, finding that they thrive in agroforestry systems when certain conditions are met.
bioRxiv · Feb 7, 2026 · PreprintEcology