Habitat associations of sympatric red-tailed hawks and northern goshawks on the Kaibab Plateau

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 68, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 307-317

  La Sorte, Frank A ^a,d   Mannan, R William ^a   Reynolds, Richard T ^b   Grubb, Teryl G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^d NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Arizona; Buteo jamaicensis; Forest fragmentation; GIS; Habitat association; Landsat; Landscape pattern; Northern goshawk; Patch analysis; Red tailed hawk; Remote sensing

Indexed keywords

HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT LOSS; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; REMOTE SENSING; SYMPATRY; TOPOGRAPHY;

KAIBAB PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; RAPTORES;

EID: 1942453923     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2004)068[0307:HAOSRH]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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