Movements and Mortality of British Sparrowhawks
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- 1 March 1975
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bird Study
- Vol. 22 (1) , 35-43
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00063657509476439
Abstract
In Britain, young Sparrowhawks disperse only short distances from their nest sites, and are not migratory like north European birds. During the first nine months of independence they suffer a greater mortality than adults.Keywords
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