Golden eagle population trends in the western United States: 1968-2010

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1436-1448

  Millsap, Brian A ^a   Zimmerman, Guthrie S ^a   Sauer, John R ^b   Nielson, Ryan M ^c   Otto, Mark ^b   Bjerre, Emily ^b   Murphy, Robert ^a  

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

^b PATUXENT WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c WESTERN ECOSYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquila chrysaetos; Breeding Bird Survey; golden eagle; hierarchical model; populations; trend; United States

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BREEDING; DATA ACQUISITION; DISTURBANCE; MORTALITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION SIZE; RAPTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

AQUILA; AQUILA CHRYSAETOS; AVES;

EID: 84883446142     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.588     Document Type: Article

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