Reproduction, prey, and habitat of the Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) in desert grasslands of Chihuahua, Mexico

Auk

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1081-1093

  Macías Duarte, Alberto ^a,d   Montoya, Angel B ^a   Hunt, W Grainger ^a   Lafón Terrazas, Alberto ^b   Tafanelli, Robert ^c  

^a THE PEREGRINE FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE CHIHUAHUA   (Mexico)

^c Border Wildlife Consultants   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROUGHT; HABITAT SELECTION; PREY AVAILABILITY; RAPTOR; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; VEGETATION COVER;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; FALCO; FALCO FEMORALIS; GALLIFORMES; RAPTORES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 7644226552     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/121.4.1081     Document Type: Review

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