Use of artificially created Douglas-fir snags by cavity-nesting birds

Western Journal of Applied Forestry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 93-97

  Chambers, Carol L ^a,c   Carrigan, Tara ^a,d   Sabin, Thomas E ^a,d   Tappeiner, John ^b   McComb, William C ^a,e  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Massachusetts ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABIES; AVES; CONIFEROPHYTA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 0002061763     PISSN: 08856095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wjaf/12.3.93     Document Type: Article

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