Reproductive responses of northern goshawks to variable prey populations

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2274-2283

  Salafsky, Susan R ^a,d   Reynolds, Richard T ^b   Noon, Barry R ^a   Wiens, John A ^c  

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

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c THE NATURE CONSERVANCY   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Arizona; Distance sampling; Habitat; Northern goshawk; Predator prey relationships; Prey abundance; Red squirrel; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOOD LIMITATION; FOREST MANAGEMENT; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTION; RODENT; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARIZONA; KAIBAB PLATEAU; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; MAMMALIA; PINUS PONDEROSA; RAPTORES; SCIURIDAE; TAMIASCIURUS;

EID: 38549111583     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-357     Document Type: Article

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