Forest structural characteristics of accipiter nesting habitat: Is there an allometric relationship?

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-132

  Siders, Melissa S ^a,b   Kennedy, Patricia L ^a  

^a Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter cooperii; Accipiter gentilis; Accipiter striatus; Body size; Nesting habitat; New Mexico; Niche partitioning

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER SPP.;

EID: 0030023502     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369515     Document Type: Article

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