Forest structure and prey abundance in foraging areas of Northern Goshawks

Ecological Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 564-571

  Beier, Paul ^a   Drennan, Joseph E ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Arizona; Foraging; Forest structure; Habitat selection; Northern Goshawk; Ponderosa pine forest; Prey abundance; Prey availability; Raptors

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; RAPTORES;

FORAGING; FOREST STRUCTURE; MANAGEMENT; NORTHERN GOSHAWK; PREY ABUNDANCE;

USA, (WEST);

EID: 0030613875     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/1051-0761(1997)007[0564:FSAPAI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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