Initial changes in habitat and abundance of cavity-nesting birds and the Northern Parula following Hurricane Andrew

Condor

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 483-490

  Torres, A Robin ^a,b   Leberg, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

avian abundance; bottomland hardwoods; cavity; disturbance; snag; Spanish moss; woodpecker

Indexed keywords

AVES; BRYOPHYTA; GALLIFORMES; PARULA AMERICANA; TILLANDSIA; TILLANDSIA USNEOIDES;

EID: 0029802805     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1369562     Document Type: Article

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