Defining quality of red-cockaded woodpecker foraging habitat based on habitat use and fitness

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1064-1082

  Walters, Jeffrey R ^a   Daniels, Susan J ^a   Carter III, Jay H ^b   Doerr, Phillip D ^b  

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

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

ecology; Foraging; Guidelines; Habitat selection; Management; North Carolina; Picoides borealis; Pine; Pinus spp.; Red cockaded woodpecker, reproductive success; Resource selection; Resource use; Sandhills

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FITNESS; HABITAT QUALITY; HABITAT USE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH CAROLINA; SANDHILLS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS;

EID: 0036816808     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802938     Document Type: Article

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