Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Units Program: Mississippi
Education, Research and Technical Assistance for Managing Our Natural Resources

Mississippi Project

Abundance estimates and populations modeling of the Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis jamaicensis) in the Luquillo Mountains: Development of annual removal estimates

June 2010 - September 2012

Personnel

Participating Agencies

  • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Develop updated population estimates of the RTHA in the Luquillo Mountains. - Conduct RTHA nest surveys in the Luquillo Mountains. - Develop a population dynamics model for the RTHA in the Luquillo Mountains. - Develop a model for maxium sustainable removal of RTHA in the Luquillo Mountains. - Provide recommendations for RTHA management in the Luquillo Mountains.