Recovery of a cliff-nesting Peregrine Falcon, Falco peregrinus, population in northern New York and New England, 1984-1996

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 472-480

  Corser, Jeffrey D ^a,d   Amaral, Michael ^b   Martin, Christian J ^c   Rimmer, Christopher C ^a  

^a Box 532   (United States)

^b New England Field Office   (United States)

^c Audubon Society of New Hampshire   (United States)

^d Great Smoky Mountains National Park   (United States)

Author keywords

DDT; Diet; Falco peregrinus; Northern New York and New England; Peregrine Falcon; Population monitoring; Weather effects

Indexed keywords

PRODUCTIVITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

CICONIIFORMES; COLUMBIFORMES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; FALCONIFORMES; PEREGRINUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 0033165835     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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