Habitat and spatial relationships of nesting Swainson's Hawks (Buteo swainsoni) and red-tailed hawks (B. jamaicensis) in northern Utah

Great Basin Naturalist

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 341-347

  Bosakowski, Thomas ^a,d   Kamsey, R Douglas ^b   Smith, Dwight G ^c  

^a UTAH DIVISION OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Beak Consultants Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Buteo; GIS; habitat; nest sites; Red tailed Hawk; Swainson's Hawk

Indexed keywords

BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; BUTEO SWAINSONI;

EID: 0030473714     PISSN: 00173614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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