Raven Occurrence and Density in the Great Basin Region of the Western United States (2007-2019)

Publication Date

2021-12-23

Start Date

2007

End Date

2019

Coates, P.S., Webster, S.C., O'Neil, S.T., Brussee, B.E., Jackson, P.J., Tull, J.C., and Delehanty, D.J., 2021, Raven occurrence and density in the Great Basin region of the western United States (2007-2019): U.S. Geological Survey data release, https://doi.org/10.5066/P900CRGI.

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Common ravens are a behaviorally flexible nest predator of several avian species, including species of conservation concern. Individual differences in raven movement patterns, particularly territoriality of breeding birds and transiency of nonbreeding birds, are thought to influence the frequency and efficacy of nest predation. As such, predicting where on the landscape territorial resident and non-territorial transient birds may be found in relation to the distribution of sensitive prey is of increasing importance to managers and conservationists.

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