History, nesting biology, and predation ecology of raptors in the Missouri Coteau of northwestern North Dakota / Robert Kevin Murphy
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TextPublication details: Bozeman, MT : Montana State University, 1993.Description: xv, 212 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: Although species composition of birds of prey (raptors) that nest in the northern Great Plains is being altered due to land use, detailed case histories of such change are lacking, few long-term data exist to help understand population dynamcis of raptors in prairie areas, and implications of changes for other prairie wildlife on which raptors prey are poorly understood. I studied mechanisms and implications of land use impacts on raptors on the Missouri Coteau of northwestern North Dakota by (1) tracing change during the past century in raptor species composition and habitat on the 108-km2 Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (LNWR), (2) assessing current (1981-90) population stability, annual reproductive success, and habitat relationships of raptors on LNWR and comparative species' nesting densities on an adjacent area of different land use, and (3) determining prey needs of common, large (>700 g)raptor species on LNWR and prey use in relation to habitat on an area of contemporary la
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Thesis(Ph.D.)--Montana State University, 1993.
Includes bibliographical references.
Although species composition of birds of prey (raptors) that nest in the northern Great Plains is being altered due to land use, detailed case histories of such change are lacking, few long-term data exist to help understand population dynamcis of raptors in prairie areas, and implications of changes for other prairie wildlife on which raptors prey are poorly understood. I studied mechanisms and implications of land use impacts on raptors on the Missouri Coteau of northwestern North Dakota by (1) tracing change during the past century in raptor species composition and habitat on the 108-km2 Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge (LNWR), (2) assessing current (1981-90) population stability, annual reproductive success, and habitat relationships of raptors on LNWR and comparative species' nesting densities on an adjacent area of different land use, and (3) determining prey needs of common, large (>700 g)raptor species on LNWR and prey use in relation to habitat on an area of contemporary la