Nest-site selection in the acorn woodpecker

Auk

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 45-54

  Hooge, Philip N ^a   Stanback, Mark T ^b   Koenig, Walter D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DAVIDSON COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAVITY; NEST SITE; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SITE SELECTION;

MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS; PLATANUS RACEMOSA; QUERCUS LOBATA;

EID: 0032965797     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4089452     Document Type: Article

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