Feeding behavior of Cooper's Hawks at urban and rural nests in southeastern Arizona

Condor

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 107-116

  Estes, Wendy A ^a   Mannan, R William ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter cooperii; Behavior; Diet; Prey delivery; Trichomoniasis; Urban wildlife; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; COLUMBIFORMES; PROTOZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037327618     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2003)105[107:FBOCHA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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