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The northern goshawk (Accipiter gentilis), is a northern latitude, forest dwelling raptor. In the Western United States, goshawks live in most forests, including those dominated by western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.), lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta Dougl.ex.Loud.) ponderosa pine, (Pinus ponderosa Dougl. exLaws.), and western larch (Larix occidentalis Nutt.). It preys on a variety of small birds and mammals that require an array of forest conditions. Fire, being the primary disturbance mechanism throughout the Western United States, provided landscapes that contained and maintained goshawk populations. Goshawks and their prey adapted to forest conditions maintained by different fire regimes—nonlethal, mixed, variable, stand replacing, or rarely occurring. The goshawk recommendations by Reynolds and others (1992), coupled with knowledge of fire regimes, provide guidance for designing goshawk habitat throughout the Western United States.
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- Abies magnifica
- Accipiter gentilis
- Accipiter spp.
- birds
- catastrophic fires
- Colorado
- coniferous forests
- distribution
- disturbance
- fire adaptations (plants)
- fire dependent species
- fire injuries (plants)
- fire regimes
- forage
- forest management
- fuel accumulation
- Idaho
- landscape ecology
- Larix occidentalis
- Larix spp.
- mammals
- nesting
- New Mexico
- nongame birds
- openings
- Picea sitchensis
- pine hardwood forests
- Pinus albicaulis
- Pinus contorta
- Pinus ponderosa
- post fire recovery
- predation
- Pseudotsuga menziesii
- raptors
- regeneration
- Sequoia sempervirens
- small mammals
- surface fires
- Tsuga heterophylla
- Tsuga spp.
- understory vegetation
- wildlife habitat management
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