Gyrfalcon nest distribution in Alaska based on a predictive GIS model

Polar Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 347-358

  Booms, Travis L ^a,c   Huettmann, Falk ^a   Schempf, Philip F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^c ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND GAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Breeding distribution; Conservation biology; Falco rusticolus; Gyrfalcon; Predictive modeling

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GIS; HABITAT QUALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SOFTWARE; SOIL TYPE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; VEGETATION TYPE;

ALASKA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FALCO RUSTICOLUS;

EID: 77950493135     PISSN: 07224060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00300-009-0711-5     Document Type: Article

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