Post-fledging survival of Northern Goshawks: The importance of prey abundance, weather, and dispersal

Ecological Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 406-418

  Wiens, J David ^a,b   Noon, Barry R ^a   Reynolds, Richard T ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Arizona, USA; Dispersal; Distance sampling; Juvenile survival; Known fate models; Northern Goshawk; Prey abundance; Radiotelemetry; Weather

Indexed keywords

DISPERSAL; FLEDGING; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; SURVIVAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HAWK; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREE; UNITED STATES; WEATHER;

ANIMALS; ARIZONA; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD CHAIN; HAWKS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREES; WEATHER;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33644840431     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: 10510761     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/04-1915     Document Type: Article

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