The importance of prairie dogs to nesting ferruginous hawks in grassland ecosystems

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1073-1082

  Cook, Rosamonde R ^a,b,d,e   Cartron, Jean Luc E ^a,c,f   Polechla Jr , Paul J ^c,g,h,i  

^a Hawks Aloft Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f University of Paris   (France)

^g SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h EASTERN NEW MEXICO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Buteo regalis; Cynomys gunnisoni; Ferruginous hawk; Grasslands; Grazing; New Mexico; Prairie dog; Southwest; Spatial association

Indexed keywords

GRASSLAND; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; RODENT; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO; BUTEO REGALIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI; RAPTORES; RODENTIA;

EID: 1642465347     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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