Timing of reproduction by red-tailed hawks, northern goshawks and great horned owls in the Kluane Boreal Forest of Southwestern Yukon

In this thesis I examine the timing of breeding in 3 raptorial birds, red-tailed hawks (Buteo jamaicensis), goshawks (Accipiter gentilis) and great horned owls (Bubo virginianus). Specifically, I test Lack's 1954 theory that birds typically begin to breed such that the young bird's grea...

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Main Author: Doyle, Frank I.
Language:English
Published: 2009
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/11269