Impacts of El Niño-Southern Oscillation events on the distribution of wintering raptors

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-239

  Kim, Daniel H ^a,b,c   Slack, R Douglas ^a   Chavez Ramirez, Felipe ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY KINGSVILLE   (United States)

^c Platte River Whooping Crane Trust   (United States)

Author keywords

El Ni o; La Ni a; Raptors; Texas; Winter ecology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; LA NINA; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WINTER;

AVES; BUTEO JAMAICENSIS; CIRCUS CYANEUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 38649110491     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2007-040     Document Type: Article

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