Processes regulating the population dynamics of red-cockaded woodpecker cavities

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1083-1095

  Harding, Sergio R ^a,b   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a  

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

^b Massachusetts Division of Fisheries and Wildlife   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial cavity; Cavity; Cooperative breeding; Endangered; Excavation; North Carolina; Picoides borealis; Red cockaded woodpecker; Restrictor

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAVITY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DYNAMICS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 0036816809     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3802939     Document Type: Article

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