Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains

Playa basins (marshy, seasonal lakes) are the primary wintering habitat for Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) on the Southern High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, The harrier population is predominantly juvenile. The sex ratio within the first-winter age class was 2.86:1, and, although not statistic...

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Main Author: Schibler, Michael D
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Texas Tech University 1981
Subjects:
Birds > Texas
Harriers > Texas
Birds > Ecology
Circus cyaneus
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2346/9552
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spelling fttexastechuniv:oai:ttu-ir.tdl.org:2346/9552 2023-05-15T15:55:33+02:00 Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains Schibler, Michael D 1981-08 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/2346/9552 eng eng Texas Tech University http://hdl.handle.net/2346/9552 Unrestricted. Birds -- Texas Harriers -- Texas Birds -- Ecology Thesis 1981 fttexastechuniv 2023-01-04T07:23:40Z Playa basins (marshy, seasonal lakes) are the primary wintering habitat for Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) on the Southern High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, The harrier population is predominantly juvenile. The sex ratio within the first-winter age class was 2.86:1, and, although not statistically significant (.1 < P < .5), was accepted as representative of the age class. First-winter harriers used playas more than fields. Playas associated with agriculture were preferred over those associated with rangeland, and playas with vegetation taller than 1 m were preferred over those with shorter vegetation. Thesis Circus cyaneus Texas Tech University: TTU DSpace Repository
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topic Birds -- Texas
Harriers -- Texas
Birds -- Ecology
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Harriers -- Texas
Birds -- Ecology
Schibler, Michael D
Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains
topic_facet Birds -- Texas
Harriers -- Texas
Birds -- Ecology
description Playa basins (marshy, seasonal lakes) are the primary wintering habitat for Northern Harriers (Circus cyaneus) on the Southern High Plains of the Texas Panhandle, The harrier population is predominantly juvenile. The sex ratio within the first-winter age class was 2.86:1, and, although not statistically significant (.1 < P < .5), was accepted as representative of the age class. First-winter harriers used playas more than fields. Playas associated with agriculture were preferred over those associated with rangeland, and playas with vegetation taller than 1 m were preferred over those with shorter vegetation.
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author Schibler, Michael D
author_facet Schibler, Michael D
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title Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains
title_short Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains
title_full Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains
title_fullStr Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains
title_full_unstemmed Some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the Texas High Plains
title_sort some aspects of the winter ecology of harriers on the texas high plains
publisher Texas Tech University
publishDate 1981
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genre Circus cyaneus
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