Availability and use of natural tree holes by cavity nesting birds in a Swedish deciduous forest

Ardea

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 109-119

  Carlson, A ^a   Sandstrom U ^a   Olsson, K ^b  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Deciduous forest; Dendrocopos major; Hole nesting birds; Nesting cavities; Parus caeruleus; Parus major; Sitta europaea; Sturnus vulgaris

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAVITY; DECIDUOUS FOREST; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE;

SWEDEN;

ACER PLANTANOIDES; BETULA PUBESCENS; BETULA VERRUCOSA; POPULUS TREMULA; QUERCUS ROBUR; SORBUS AUCUPARIA; TILIA CORDATA;

EID: 0031903975     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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