Nest-site fidelity and dispersal of Gyrfalcons estimated by noninvasive genetic sampling

Condor

Volumn 113, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 768-778

  Booms, Travis L ^a   Talbot, Sandra L ^b   Sage, George K ^b   McCaffery, Brian J ^c   McCracken, Kevin G ^a   Schempf, Philip F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c Yukon Delta National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Alaska; Arctic; Falco rusticolus; Falcon; Genetic tagging; Movements; Raptor

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455220108     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2011.100178     Document Type: Conference Paper

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