Nest-site selection and niche partitioning among the Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major and Middle Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos medius in riverine forest of Central Europe

Ornis Fennica

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 145-156

  Kosiński, Ziemowit ^a   Winiecki, Aleksander ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DEAD WOOD; HABITAT QUALITY; NEST SITE; NICHE PARTITIONING; SITE SELECTION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND; WORLD;

ALNUS; BETULACEAE; DENDROCOPOS; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; DENDROCOPOS MEDIUS; FUNGI; PICIDAE; QUERCUS; QUERCUS VIRGINIANA;

EID: 12144280250     PISSN: 00305685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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