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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"golden eagle"”.
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Evaluation of landscape level habitat characteristics of golden eagle habitat in Northwestern Mexico
Golden eagles (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis Linnaeus 1758) are declining in some areas throughout their Nearctic range (Sauer et al. 2011). This reduction is linked to changes in their habitat caused by human activities. Golden eagles inhabit an extensive range of environments (Watson 1997, Kochert …
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Modeling Migration and Citizen-Science Data to Estimate Golden Eagle Abundance in Eastern North America
… can provide information toward this goal. The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis) in eastern North America is a species of regional conservation concern, and little is known about its population ecology, movements, or behavior. Because of their rarity and role as apex predators, …
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Raptors in Temperate Grasslands: Ecology of Ferruginous Hawk, Golden Eagle, and Northern Harrier in the Northern Great Plains
… rarely nest in areas dominated by croplands. Golden eagles (<em>Aquila chrysaetos</em>) are long-lived raptors with high nest-site fidelity and relatively low reproductive success. Population trends of golden eagles in western United States are unclear although long-term monitoring of …
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CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP LAMBS IN THE FRA CRISTOBAL MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, USA
… lamb mortality was cougar predation, followed by golden eagle predation. Coyotes and bobcats did not kill lambs. Although 1 lamb died from pneumonia, disease was not a critical factor affecting lamb recruitment. I measured habitat characteristics at sites where adults and lambs were killed by …
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CAUSE SPECIFIC MORTALITY OF DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP LAMBS IN THE FRA CRISTOBAL MOUNTAINS, NEW MEXICO, USA
… lamb mortality was cougar predation, followed by golden eagle predation. Coyotes and bobcats did not kill lambs. Although 1 lamb died from pneumonia, disease was not a critical factor affecting lamb recruitment. I measured habitat characteristics at sites where adults and lambs were killed by …
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Home Range and Habitat Use of Santa Rosa Island Foxes (Urocyon littoralis santarosae)
… by 99% during the 1990’s due to non-native golden eagle (<em>Aguila chrysaetos)</em> predation and is currently the lowest fox population (~280) and density (0.86 foxes/km<sup>2</sup>) of any of the Channel Islands. The goals of this study were to assess new miniaturized GPS technology and …