Nesting with an enemy: The abundance and distribution of preferred and secondary prey near nesting cooper’s hawks, accipiter cooperii

Ethology Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Duncan, W J ^a   Bednekoff, P A ^a  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter; Nest defense; Nesting; Point count; Predation

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; NEST GUARDING; NEST SITE; NESTING; PREDATION RISK; RAPTOR;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITRINAE; AVES;

EID: 43749113339     PISSN: 03949370     EISSN: 18287131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2008.9522543     Document Type: Article

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