What determines the foraging distribution of raptors on heather moorland?

Agriculture & Biology

• heathlands 90%
• birds of prey 81%
• foraging 56%
• breeding season 33%
• small mammals 21%
• temporal variation 20%
• Aquila chrysaetos 19%
• Buteo buteo 19%
• grouse 18%
• predators 14%
• spatial variation 14%
• Asio 10%
• nests 10%
• Lagopus lagopus scoticus 10%
• Circus 9%
• Falco tinnunculus 9%
• Falco peregrinus 9%
• falcons 8%
• Strigiformes 7%
• habitats 7%
• voles 7%
• Scotland 7%
• nesting sites 6%
• hens 6%
• energy 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• moorland 100%
• raptor 98%
• breeding season 54%
• distribution 25%
• small mammal 25%
• predator 18%
• temporal variation 18%
• generalist 16%
• nest 15%
• spatial variation 11%
• nest site 9%
• habitat 8%
• index 3%
• energy 3%
• effect 1%