Does survey method bias the description of northern goshawk nest-site structure?

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1379-1384

  Daw, Sonya K ^a,c   DeStefano, Stephen ^a,b   Steidl, Robert J ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Canopy closure; Habitat; Nests; Northern goshawk; Old growth; Oregon; Survey; Survey bias

Indexed keywords

HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; SITE SELECTION; SURVEY DESIGN;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; FALCONIFORMES; RAPTORES;

EID: 0031757415     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802004     Document Type: Article

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