Characteristics of foraging trees selected by pileated woodpeckers in New Brunswick

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 461-469

  Flemming, Stephen P ^a   Holloway, Gillian L ^b,d   Jane Watts, E ^c   Lawrance, Peter S ^b,e  

^a Gros Morne National Park   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Calgary ^*  (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dryocopus pileatus; Foraging; Fragmentation; Habitat; New Brunswick; Pileated woodpecker

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM;

FUNDY NATIONAL PARK; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

ABIES; ABIES BALSAMEA; ANIMALIA; CONIFERALES; DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS; PICEA; PICEA RUBENS; PICIDAE; PICIFORMES;

EID: 0032936720     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802631     Document Type: Article

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