abstract: Once considered an abundant species in the eastern United States, local populations of red-shouldered hawks, Buteo lineatus, have declined due to habitat destruction. This destruction has created suitable habitat for red-tailed hawks, Buteo jamaicensis, and therefore increased competition between these two raptor species. Since suitable habitat is the main limiting factor for raptors, a computer model was created to simulate the effect of habitat loss in central Maryland and the impact of increased competition between the more aggressive red-tailed hawk. These simulations showed urban growth contributed to over a 30% increase in red-tailed hawk habitat as red-shouldered hawk habitat decreased 62.5-70.1% without competition and 71.8-76.3% with competition. However there was no significant difference seen between the rate of available habitat decline for current and predicted development growth. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Applied Biological Sciences 2011
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:9393 |
| Date | January 2011 |
| Contributors | Murillo, Crystal (Author), Whysong, Gary (Advisor), Alford, Eddie (Committee member), Miller, William (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Masters Thesis |
| Format | 59 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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