Breeding season irruptions of rough-legged hawks (Buteo lagopus) on insular Newfoundland

Arctic

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 306-310

  Whitaker, Darroch M ^a   Montevecchi, William A ^a   Gosse, John W ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

breeding distribution; Buteo lagopus Pontoppidan; clear cut; irruption; Newfoundland; nomadism; predator prey cycles; rough legged hawk

Indexed keywords

BREEDING DISTRIBUTION; CLEAR CUTTING; FOREST; PREDATOR-PREY CYCLE; ROUGH-LEGGED HAWK;

CANADA, NEWFOUNDLAND;

BUTEO LAGOPUS;

EID: 0030303408     PISSN: 00040843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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