Mortality of Prairie Falcons during the fledging-dependence period

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 791-800

  Mcfadzen, Mary E ^a,b   Marzluff, John M ^a,c  

^a Greenfalk Consultants   (United States)

^b Sustainable Ecosystems Institute ^*  (United States)

^c Sustainable Ecosystems Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

ectoparasites; Falco mexicanus; mortality; postfledging; Prairie Falcon; predation; survivorship

Indexed keywords

AERIES; BUBO VIRGINIANUS; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO MEXICANUS; HAEMATOSIPHON INODORUS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 0030447281     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369859     Document Type: Article

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