Factors influencing occupancy of nest cavities in recently burned forests

Condor

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-36

  Saab, Victoria A ^a   Dudley, Jonathan ^b   Thompson, William L ^c  

^a ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Burned forests; Cavity nesting birds; Lewis's Woodpecker; Melanerpes lewis; Nesting habitat; Picoides; Pinus ponderosa

Indexed keywords

AVES; MELANERPES; MELANERPES LEWIS; PICOIDES; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 1142305944     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/7485     Document Type: Conference Paper

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