Competition and patterns of resource use by two sympatric raptors

Condor

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 557-565

  Gerstell, Arnold T ^a,b   Bednarz, James C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Buteo swainsoni; Competition; Harris' Hawks; Parabuteo unicinctus; Resource partitioning; Swainson's Hawks; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

BUTEO SWAINSONI; PARABUTEO UNICINCTUS;

EID: 0032772627     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1370185     Document Type: Article

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