Home range size, habitat use, activity patterns and hunting behaviour of urban-breeding Northern Goshawks Accipiter gentilis

Ardea

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 185-202

  Rutz, Christian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Behavioural plasticity; Northern Goshawk; Predation ecology; Radio tracking; Urban ecology and wildlife

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; HUNTING; MORTALITY; NESTING; RANGE SIZE; RAPTOR; URBAN AREA; WOODLAND;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; HAMBURG [GERMANY];

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; ACCIPITRINAE;

EID: 33845251796     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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