Habitat quality and reproduction of red-cockaded woodpecker groups in Florida

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 826-835

  Beyer Jr , Dean E ^a,e   Costa, Ralph ^b   Hooper, Robert G ^c   Hess, Charles A ^d  

^a National Forests in Florida   (United States)

^b US Fish and Wildlife Service   (United States)

^c US Forest Service   (United States)

^d Apalachicola National Forest   (United States)

^e NORTHERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Florida; foraging habitat; fragmentation; group size; Picoides borealis; red cockaded woodpecker; reproduction

Indexed keywords

FORAGING HABITAT; GROUP SIZE; HABITAT QUALITY; RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER; REPRODUCTION; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS;

USA, FLORIDA, APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST;

PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0030301513     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802383     Document Type: Article

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