Can a 'wintering area effect' explain population status of Swainson's hawks? A stable isotope approach

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 686-691

  Sarasola, José Hernán ^a,e   Negro, Juan José ^a   Hobson, Keith A ^b   Bortolotti, Gary R ^c   Bildstein, Keith L ^d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d Hawk Mountain Sanctuary   (United States)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PAMPA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Buteo swainsoni; Conservation; Mortality; Neotropical migrants; Stable isotope analysis; Swainson's hawk; Winter spatial segregation

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; BREEDING SITE; CONNECTIVITY; CONSERVATION STATUS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS MORTALITY; POPULATION DECLINE; RAPTOR; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CALIFORNIA; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; OREGON; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITRINAE; BUTEO SWAINSONI;

EID: 44949085458     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00475.x     Document Type: Article

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