Red-cockaded Woodpecker foraging behavior in relation to midstory vegetation

Wilson Bulletin

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 235-242

  Rudolph, D Craig ^a   Conner, Richard N ^a   Schaefer, Richard R ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; VEGETATION;

AVES; PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0036625771     PISSN: 00435643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0235:RCWFBI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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