Postfledging nest dependence period for bald eagles in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 333-339

  Wood, Petra Bohall ^a,b   Collopy, Michael W ^a,c   Sekerak, Carolyn M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^d Ocala National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Bald eagle; Florida; Haliaeetus leucocephalus; Nest dependency; Postfledging

Indexed keywords

BALD EAGLE; FLEDGLING; NEST DEPENDENCE;

FLORIDA; USA;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0031895652     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802296     Document Type: Article

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