Nest-site selection by Cooper's hawks in an urban environment

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 864-871

  Boal, Clint W ^a   Mannan, R William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter cooperii; Arizona; Cooper's hawk; Nest site selection; Urban wildlife

Indexed keywords

HABITAT PREFERENCE; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; URBAN AREA;

ARIZONA; TUSCON; USA;

ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE; ACCIPTER COOPERII; EUCALYPTUS; FALCONIFORMES; PINUS HALEPENSIS; POPULUS; POPULUS FREMONTII; RAPTORES;

EID: 0031826602     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802537     Document Type: Article

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