Food availability and predation risk, rather than intrinsic attributes are the main factors shaping the reproductive decisions of a long-lived predator

Acknowledgements We thank B. Sheldon and two anonymous reviewers for all their helpful comments on a previous version of the manuscript. Our thanks also go to M. Davison, B. Little, P. Hotchin, D. Anderson and all other field assistants for their help with data collection and Forest Enterprise, part...

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Published in:Journal of Animal Ecology
Main Authors: Hoy, Sarah R, Millon, Alexandre, Petty, Steve J., Whitfield, D. Philip, Lambin, Xavier
Other Authors: University of Aberdeen.Biological Sciences
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Accipiter gentilis
breeding decisions
breeding propensity
clutch size
juvenile survival
life-history trade-offs
northern goshawk
reproductive strategies
Strix aluco
tawny owl
QH301 Biology
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
NE/J500148/1
NE/F021402/1
QH301
Northern Goshawk
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6120
https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.12517
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Summary:Acknowledgements We thank B. Sheldon and two anonymous reviewers for all their helpful comments on a previous version of the manuscript. Our thanks also go to M. Davison, B. Little, P. Hotchin, D. Anderson and all other field assistants for their help with data collection and Forest Enterprise, particularly Tom Dearnley and Neville Geddes for facilitating work in Kielder Forest. We are also grateful to C. Sutherland for his help and advice on statistical analyses. This work was partly funded by Natural Research Limited and a Natural Environment Research Council studentship NE/J500148/1 to SH and grant NE/F021402/1 to XL. Forest Research funded all the fieldwork on goshawks, tawny owls and field voles during 1973-1996. In addition, we are grateful to English Nature and the BTO for issuing licences to visit goshawk nest sites. Peer reviewed

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