Group size and nest success in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in the West Gulf Coastal Plain: Helpers make a difference

Journal of Field Ornithology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 74-78

  Conner, Richard N ^a,c   Saenz, Daniel ^a   Schaefer, Richard R ^a   McCormick, James R ^b,d   Rudolph, D Craig ^a   Burt, D Brent ^b  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^b STEPHEN F AUSTIN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southern Research Station   (United States)

^d USDI   (United States)

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Fledging success; Group size; Partial brood loss; Picidae

Indexed keywords

PICIDAE; PICOIDES; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 1342331987     PISSN: 02738570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1648/0273-8570-75.1.74     Document Type: Article

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