Effects of urban sprawl on snags and the abundance and productivity of cavity-nesting birds

Condor

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 678-693

  Blewett, Christina M ^a   Marzluff, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting birds; Density; Land cover; Productivity; Seattle Washington; Snags; Urban sprawl

Indexed keywords

ALNUS RUBRA; AVES; BETULACEAE; CERTHIA AMERICANA; COLAPTES AURATUS; DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS; PARUS ATRICAPILLUS; PARUS RUFESCENS; PICOIDES; PICOIDES PUBESCENS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; POECILE ATRICAPILLUS; POECILE RUFESCENS; SITTA CANADENSIS; SPHYRAPICUS RUBER;

EID: 23744481041     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2005)107[0678:EOUSOS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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