Prey of nesting ferruginous hawks in New Mexico

Southwestern Naturalist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 270-276

  Cartron, Jean Luc E ^a,b   Polechla Jr , Paul J ^b   Cook, Rosamonde R ^a  

^a Hawks Aloft Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITRINAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BUTEO; BUTEO REGALIS; CANIS FAMILIARIS; CROTALUS; CROTALUS ATROX; CYNOMYS; CYNOMYS GUNNISONI; GEOMYIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; SCIURIDAE; SERPENTES; SPERMOPHILUS; STRIGIFORMES; SYLVILAGUS; SYLVILAGUS AUDUBONII; THOMOMYS; THOMOMYS BOTTAE; TYTO ALBA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 2942754301     PISSN: 00384909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1894/0038-4909(2004)049<0270:PONFHI>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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