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General Technical Report RMRS-GTR-22
The Northern Goshawk in Utah: Habitat Assessment and Management Recommendations

Status and Distribution of Habitat in Utah

Table 13 -- Proportion of northern goshawk nesting habitat rated as high and optimum in each potential vegetation type.
Potential vegetation typea

Highb

Optimumc

- - - - - - - - - - Percent - - - - - - - - - -
White fir

6

5
Subalpine fir

40

25
Pinyon/juniper

7

1
Lodgepole pine

3

5
Engelmann spruce

1

0
Ponderosa pine

10

7
Quaking aspen

26

44
Douglas-fir

8

13

aRefer to footnotes in table 1 for potential vegetation type definitions.

bHigh: Areas rated high as nesting habitat and high as habitat for one or more prey groups (mammals, woodpeckers, and other birds).

bOptimum: Areas rated high as nesting habitat and high as habitat for all three prey groups (mammals, woodpeckers, and other birds).

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Title: Status and Distribution of Habitat in Utah: Table 13 RMRS-GTR-22 - The Northern Goshawk in Utah: Habitat Assessment and Management Recommendations
Electronic Publish Date: May 26, 1999
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Last Update: January 15, 2002

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