Selection of pines for foraging by red-cockaded woodpeckers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 843-852

  Zwicker, Susan M ^a,b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging; Longleaf pine; North Carolina; Picoides borealis; Pinus palustris; Red cockaded woodpecker; Tree age; Tree size

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HABITAT USE; STAND STRUCTURE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; AVES; PICIDAE; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 0032809937     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802797     Document Type: Article

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