Identifying habitat sinks: A case study of Cooper's hawks in an urban environment

Urban Ecosystems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 141-148

  Mannan, R William ^a   Steidl, Robert J ^a   Boal, Clint W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooper's hawks; Demography; Ecological trap; Habitat sink; Lambda

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE;

EID: 43049175037     PISSN: 10838155     EISSN: 15731642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11252-008-0056-9     Document Type: Article

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