Status of nesting bald eagles in Arizona

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 218-226

  Driscoll, Daniel E ^a   Jackman, Ronald E ^a   Hunt, W Grainger ^a   Beatty, Greg L ^b   Driscoll, James T ^b   Glinski, Richard L ^b   Gatz, Thomas A ^c   Mesta, Robert I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bald Eagle; Breeder turnover; Haliaetus leucocephalus; Nesting; Population status; Productivity; Subadult recruitment

Indexed keywords

NESTING SUCCESS; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

UNITED STATES;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 0033387071     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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