The predatory behavior of wintering Accipiter hawks: Temporal patterns in activity of predators and prey

Oecologia

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 169-178

  Roth II, Timothy C ^a   Lima, Steven L ^a  

^a INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity patterns; Cooper's hawk; Foraging game; Predator prey interactions; Sharp shinned hawk

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; BEHAVIOR; INTRAGUILD PREDATION; PREDATION; PREDATION RISK; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RAPTOR; STARVATION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HAWK; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SEASON; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; HAWKS; INDIANA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

INDIANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITER STRIATUS; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 34247332188     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-006-0638-2     Document Type: Article

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