Red-cockaded woodpeckers and silvicultural practice: Is uneven-aged silviculture preferable to even-aged?

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 330-333

  Craig Rudolph, D ^a   Conner, Richard N ^a  

^a Southern Research Station   (United States)

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