Habitat attributes and reproduction of red-cockaded woodpeckers in intensively managed forests

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 801-809

  Wigley, T Bently ^a,b,c,d   Sweeney, Sheron W ^a,b   Sweeney, John R ^a,e,f,g  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Natl Cncl Paper Indust Air S ^*  (United States)

^c MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Wildlife Society   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^g Clemson Faculty   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging substrate; Forest management; Landscape configuration; Picoides borealis; Private lands; Red cockaded woodpeckers; Reproductive success

Indexed keywords

FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT SELECTION; REPRODUCTION;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033458099     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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