Hoy, Sarah RMillon, AlexandrePetty, Steve J.Whitfield, D. PhilipLambin, Xavier2016-06-162016-06-162016-07Hoy, S R, Millon, A, Petty, S J, Whitfield, D P & Lambin, X 2016, 'Food availability and predation risk, rather than intrinsic attributes are the main factors shaping the reproductive decisions of a long-lived predator', Journal of Animal Ecology, vol. 85, no. 4, pp. 892-902. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2656.125170021-8790ORCID: /0000-0003-4643-2653/work/95222448http://hdl.handle.net/2164/6120Acknowledgements We thank B. Sheldon and two anonymous reviewers for all their helpful comments on a previous version of the manuscript. Our thanks also go to M. Davison, B. Little, P. Hotchin, D. Anderson and all other field assistants for their help with data collection and Forest Enterprise, particularly Tom Dearnley and Neville Geddes for facilitating work in Kielder Forest. We are also grateful to C. Sutherland for his help and advice on statistical analyses. This work was partly funded by Natural Research Limited and a Natural Environment Research Council studentship NE/J500148/1 to SH and grant NE/F021402/1 to XL. Forest Research funded all the fieldwork on goshawks, tawny owls and field voles during 1973-1996. In addition, we are grateful to English Nature and the BTO for issuing licences to visit goshawk nest sites.11284850engAccipiter gentilisbreeding decisionsbreeding propensityclutch sizejuvenile survivallife-history trade-offsnorthern goshawkreproductive strategiesStrix alucotawny owlQH301 BiologyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/J500148/1NE/F021402/1QH301Journal article10.1111/1365-2656.12517854