Woodpecker abundance and habitat use in three forest types in Eastern Texas

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 614-629

  Shackelford, Clifford E ^a,b   Conner, Richard N ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

COLAPTES AURATUS; DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS; MELANERPES CAROLINUS; MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS; STRIX VARIA;

EID: 0031408974     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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