Foraging and nesting habitat of breeding male northern goshawks in the laurentian mixed forest province, Minnesota

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1516-1527

  Boal, Clint W ^a,c   Andersen, David E ^a   Kennedy, Patricia L ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Foraging habitat; Forest management; Minnesota; Nesting habitat; Northern goshawk; Radiotelemetry

Indexed keywords

BIOTELEMETRY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; NESTING; RAPTOR;

MINNESOTA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; CONIFEROPHYTA;

EID: 33645658980     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2005)69[1516:FANHOB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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