FIRE EFFECTS AND USE
WILDLIFE SPECIES: Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk 



DIRECT FIRE EFFECTS ON ANIMALS : 
Adult birds rarely are killed by fire [14].  Fires in the early spring,
before fledging, may result in mortality of juveniles.


HABITAT RELATED FIRE EFFECTS : 
Large, stand-replacing fires can reduce northern goshawk recruitment by
destroying nesting and foraging areas [14].

Fire suppression in ponderosa pine, mixed species, and spruce-fir
forests has resulted in dense, single-story forests with few openings.
Fuel accumulation may result in stand-replacing fires.  Large,
stand-replacing fires can destroy large blocks of northern goshawk
habitat, resulting in an uniform habitat instead of a mosiac of open and
forested areas[17,18].


FIRE USE : 
Fire can be beneficial to the northern goshawk by perpetuating forest
seres, which provide habitat for its prey.  The fire-maintained game
preserves in the Southwest provide habitat for quail and other
passerines on which the northern goshawk preys [14].

Reynolds and others [17] recommended prescribed fire in ponderosa pine
and mixed-species forests to perpetuate northern goshawk habitat and to
reduce fuel loading.


REFERENCES : 
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Related categories for Wildlife Species: Accipiter gentilis | Northern Goshawk