Red-cockaded woodpeckers: A relationship between reproductive fitness and habitat in the North Carolina Sandhills

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 426-434

  Davenport, David E ^a,b,d   Lancia, Richard A ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a,c   Doerr, Phillip D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Research Laboratory   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Curator Living Collections H   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavities; Endangered species; Habitat quality model; Silviculture

Indexed keywords

ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

UNITED STATES;

PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0033924275     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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