Is fledging success a reliable index of fitness in Northern Goshawks?

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 210-221

  Wiens, J David ^a   Reynolds, Richard T ^a  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Fitness; Individual heterogeneity; Kaibab Plateau; Northern Goshawk; Recruitment; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FITNESS; FLEDGING; RAPTOR; RECRUITMENT; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

KAIBAB PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS;

EID: 28344436567     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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