A review of northern goshawk habitat selection in the home range and implications for forest management in the western United States
Greenwald DN, Crocker-Bedford DC, Broberg L, Suckling KF, Tibbitts T. 2005. A review of northern goshawk habitat selection in the home range and implications for forest management in the western United States. Wildlife Society Bulletin. 33(1):120-129
From the Abstract: "We reviewed all North American radiotelemtry studies of within-home-range habitat selection by northern goshawks (Accipter gentilis) and all studies relating territory occupancy and productivity to landscape habitat features. Goshawks selected habitats in the home range with structural characteristics of mature to old-growth forests, such as large trees and high canopy closure. We documented selection of these structures in a number of forest types .... suggesting that goshawks are selecting forests for their structure rather than for species composition. Goshawks did not select stands with the greatest prey abundance. Selection for natural openings, edge, and stand diversity was inconclusive. Habitat selection pattersn suggest that current goshawk management plans in the western United States may be inadequate."
- Type
- Journal Article
- Authors
- Greenwald, D; Crocker-Bedford, D; Broberg, Len; Suckling, Kieran; Tibbitts, Timothy
- Units
- OLYM
- Keywords
- Forest Management, Habitat Selection, Home Range, northern goshawk (Accipter gentilis)