Quantifying Northern Goshawk diets using remote cameras and observations from blinds

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 303-309

  Rogers, Andi S ^a   DeStefano, Stephen ^b   Ingraldi, Michael F ^a  

^a ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Diet; Northern Goshawk; Prey delivery rate; Remote camera; Video surveillance

Indexed keywords

DIET; FOOD PROVISIONING; RAPTOR; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; BIAS (BIRD); MAMMALIA; RAPTORES; REPTILIA;

EID: 28344431566     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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