Oaks, acorns, and the geographical ecology of acorn woodpeckers

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 159-165

  Koenig, Walter D ^a   Haydock, Joseph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpeckers; Acorns; Christmas bird counts; Geographical ecology; Oaks; Pacific Coast; Spatial autocorrelation; United States

Indexed keywords

ACORN; BIOGEOGRAPHY; LIMIT ANALYSIS; SPECIES RICHNESS;

UNITED STATES;

MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0032932518     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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