Raptor ecology along an urban-rural gradient in Reno-Sparks, Nevada, USA

• Main Author: White, Justin
• Other Authors: Bassett, Scott D., Smith, Jeremy, Kemmelmeier, Markus, Brown, Jessi L, Albright, Thomas
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Breeding ecology; Human perceptions; Nest success; Urban density modeling; Urban raptors; Sobel; Aquila chrysaetos; Pandion haliaetus
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11714/2007

Urbanized landscapes contain some of the most complex and rapidly changing ecosystems found on Earth. The habitat characteristics of urban areas, such as noise level, building size and material, human activities, and microclimates can be more variable than those in unurbanized areas. Though urbaniza...