Relationships among Red-cockaded Woodpecker group density, nestling provisioning rates, and habitat

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 494-498

  Conner, Richard N ^a   Rudolph, D Craig ^a   Schaefer, Richard R ^a   Saenz, Daniel ^a   Shackelford, Clifford E ^b  

^a STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD PROVISIONING; HABITAT QUALITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY;

UNITED STATES;

PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0033458698     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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