Variation in reproductive indices in three populations of Cooper's Hawks

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 181-188

  Rosenfield, Robert N ^a   Bielefeldt, John ^b   Rosenfield, Laura J ^a   Stewart, Andrew C ^c   Nenneman, Melvin P ^d   Murphy, Robert K ^e   Bozek, Michael A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

^b Box 283 ^*  (United States)

^c Ministry of Environment British Columbia   (Canada)

^d Valentine National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BROOD SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; NESTING SUCCESS; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES;

EID: 34250840547     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/06-094.1     Document Type: Article

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