Spatially explicit influences on northern goshawk nesting habitat in the interior pacific northwest

Wildlife Monographs

Volumn , Issue 154, 2003, Pages 1-63

  McGrath, Michael T ^a,b,e   DeStefano, Stephen ^a,f   Riggs, Robert A ^c   Irwin, Larry L ^b   Roloff, Gary J ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^c Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^d Boise Cascade Corporation   (United States)

^e Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Adaptive management; Classification and regression trees; Geographic information systems; Goshawk; Habitat selection; Habitat suitability model; Logistic regression; Nesting habitat; Oregon; Washington

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITER GENTILIS ATRICAPILLUS;

EID: 0345016883     PISSN: 00840173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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