When are Goshawks not there? Is a single visit enough to infer absence at occupied nest areas?

Journal of Raptor Research

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 296-302

  Boyce Jr , Douglas A ^a   Kennedy, Patricia L ^b   Beier, Paul ^c   Ingraldi, Michael F ^d   MacVean, Susie R ^d   Siders, Melissa S ^e   Squires, John R ^f   Woodbridge, Brian ^g  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA GAME AND FISH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

^g United States Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Detection rates; Forest management; Nest area; Northern Goshawk; Occupancy; Repeated sampling

Indexed keywords

DETECTION METHOD; NEST SITE; RAPTOR; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS;

EID: 28344437887     PISSN: 08921016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Alexander, R.R., G.R. Hoffman, and J.M. Wirsing. 1986. Forest vegetation of the Medicine Bow National Forest in southeastern Wyoming: a habitat type classification. USDA, Forest Service Research Paper, RM-271, Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Fort Collins, CO U.S.A.
2. Bart, J. and S. Earnst. 2002. Double sampling to estimate density and population trends in birds. Auk 119: 36-45.
3. Boal, C.W., D.E. Andersen, and P.L. Kennedy. 2005. Productivity and mortality of Northern Goshawks in Minnesota. J. Raptor Res. 39:222-228.
4. Dewey, S.R., P.L. Kennedy, and R.M. Stephens. 2003. Are dawn vocalization surveys effective for monitoring goshawk nest-area occupancy? J. Wildl. Manag. 67: 390-397.
5. Farnsworth, G.L., K.H. Pollock, J.D. NICHOLS, T.R. Simons, J.E. Hines, and J.R. Sauer. 2002. A removal model for estimating detection probabilities from point-count surveys. Auk 119:414-425.
6. Guynn, D.C., Jr., R.L. Downing, and G.R. Askew. 1985. Estimating the probability of non-detection of low density populations. Cryptozoology 4:55-60.
7. Joy, S.M., R.T. Reynolds, and D.G. Leslie. 1994. Northern Goshawk broadcast surveys: hawk response variables and survey cost. Pages 24-30 in Block, W.M., M.S. Morrison, and M.H Reiser (Eds.), The Northern Goshawk: ecology and management. Stud. Avian Biol. 16:24-30.
8. Kennedy, P.L. 1997. The Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis atricapillus): is there evidence of a population decline? Special issue on responses of forest raptors to management: a holarctic perspective. J. Raptor Res. 31: 95-106.
9. Kennedy, P.L. and D.W. Stahlecker. 1993. Responsiveness of nesting Northern Goshawks to taped broadcasts of three conspecific calls. J. Wildl. Manag. 57:249-257.
10. Kennedy, P.L., J.M. Ward, G.A. Rinker, and J.A. Gessaman. 1994. Post-fledging areas in Northern Goshawk home ranges. Stud. Avian Biol. 16:75-82.
11. Kery, M. 2002. Inferring the absence of a species-a case study of snakes. J. Wildl. Manag. 66:330-338.
12. Kimmel, J.T., and R.H. Yahner. 1990. Response of Northern Goshawks to taped conspecific and Great Horned Owl calls. J. Raptor Res. 24:107-112.
13. Kuchler, A.W. 1977. The map of the natural vegetation of California. Pages 909-938 in M.G. Barbour and J. Major (Eds.), Terrestrial vegetation of California. John Wiley, New York, NY.
14. Marston, R.A., and D.T. Clarendon. 1988. Land system inventory of the Medicine Bow Mountains and Sierra Madre Mountains, Medicine Bow National Forest, Wyoming. USDA Forest Service Research Paper MBNF-88-01. Medicine Bow National Forest, Laramie, WY U.S.A.
15. McArdle, B.H. 1990. When are rare species not there? Oikos 57:276-277.
16. McClaren, E.L., P.L. Kennedy, and P.L. Chapman. 2003. Efficacy of male goshawk food-delivery calls in broadcast surveys on Vancouver Island. J. Raptor Res. 37: 198-208.
17. McKelvey, K.S. and D.E. Pearson. 2001. Population estimation with sparse data: the role of estimators versus indices revisited. Canadian J. Zool. 79:1754-1765.
18. Penteriani, V. 1999. Dawn and morning goshawk courtship vocalizations as a method for detecting nest sites. J. Wildl. Manag. 63:511-516.
19. Reed, J.M. 1996. Using statistical probability to increase confidence of inferring species extinction. Conserv. Biol. 10:1283-1285.
20. Reynolds, R.T., R.T. Graham, H.M. Reiser, R.L. Bassett, P.L. Kennedy, D.A. Boyce, JR., G. Goodwin, R. Smith, and E.L. Fisher. 1992. Management recommendations for the Northern Goshawk in the southwestern United States. USDA For. Serv. Gen. Tech. Rep. RM-217. Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fort Collins, CO U.S.A.
21. Reynolds, R.T. and S.M. Joy. In Press. Demography of northern goshawks in northern Arizona, 1991-1996. Stud. Avian Biol.: In press.
22. Reynolds, R.T., D.G. Leslie, and S.M. Joy. 1994. Nest productivity, fidelity, and spacing of Northern Goshawks in Arizona. Stud. Avian Biol. 16:106-113.
23. Roberson, A.M., D.E. Andersen and P.L. Kennedy. In press. Effectiveness of broadcast surveys for Northern Goshawks: considerations of breeding phase, detection distance, and effective area surveyed. J. Wildl. Manag.: In press.
24. Rosenstock, S.S., D.R. Anderson, K.M. Giesen, T. Leukering, and M.F. Carter. 2002. Landbird counting techniques: current practices and an alternative. Auk 119:46-53.
25. Squires, J.R. and R.T. Reynolds. 1997. The Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis). In A. Poole and F. Gill, [Eds.], The birds of North America, No. 298. The Birds of North America, Inc., Philadelphia, PA U.S.A.
26. Thompson, W.L. 2002. Towards reliable bird surveys: accounting for individuals present but not detected. Auk 119:18-25.
27. Watson, J.W., D.W. HAYS, and D.J. Pierce. 1999. Efficacy of Northern Goshawk broadcast surveys in Washington State. J. Wildl. Manag. 63:98-106.