Diets of nesting Northern Goshawks in the Warner Mountains, California

Western North American Naturalist

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 359-363

  Promessi, Rebecca L ^a   Matson, John O ^a   Flores, Mary ^b  

^a SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Modoc National Forest   (United States)

Author keywords

Accipiter gentilis; Food habits; Northern Goshawks; Warner Mountains

Indexed keywords

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER GENTILIS; AVES; GALLIFORMES; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 4544319952     PISSN: 15270904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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