Forest structure and prey abundance in winter habitat of northern goshawks

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 177-185

  Drennan, Joseph E ^a,b   Beier, Paul ^a  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Arizona; Diet; Foraging; Forest structure; Habitat selection; Northern goshawk; Prey; Raptors; Winter

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; MAMMALIA; PINUS EDULIS; PINUS PONDEROSA; RAPTORES; SCIURIDAE; SCIURUS ABERTI; SYLVILAGUS;

EID: 0037287892     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3803073     Document Type: Article

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