Characteristics of trees preferred by foraging middle spotted woodpecker Dendrocopos medius in northern Switzerland

Ardea

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 203-209

  Pasinelli, Gilberto ^a   Hegelbach, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Dendrocopos medius; Foraging behaviour; Forest management; Oak habitat

Indexed keywords

DENDROCOPOS MEDIUS;

EID: 0031408528     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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