Exclusion of rat snakes from red-cockaded woodpecker cavities

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 851-854

  Neal, Joseph C ^a   Montague, Warren G ^a   Richardson, David M ^b   Withgott, James H ^c,d  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Elaphe obsoleta; Endangered species recovery; Picoides borealis; Predation; Rat snake; Red cockaded woodpecker; Snake excluder device

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION; EXCLUSION EXPERIMENT; NEST SITE; PREDATOR;

UNITED STATES;

AVES; ELAPHE; PANTHEROPHIS OBSOLETUS; PICIDAE; PICOIDES BOREALIS; SERPENTES;

EID: 0032956940     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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