Diet of the red-cockaded woodpecker in the Apalachicola National Forest

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 62, Issue 2 SUPPL., 1998, Pages 509-517

  Hess, Charles A ^a   James, Frances C ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ants; Apalachicola National Forest; Crematogaster ashmeadi; Food habits; Longleaf pine; Picoides borealis; Red cockaded woodpecker; Solenopsis picta; Wiregrass

Indexed keywords

DIET; RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER;

APALACHICOLA NATIONAL FOREST; FLORIDA; USA;

CREMATOGASTER ASHMEADI; FORMICIDAE; HYMENOPTERA; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS; PINUS PALUSTRIS; SOLENOPSIS PICTA;

EID: 0031860375     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802324     Document Type: Article

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