The longevity of large pine snags in eastern Texas

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 700-705

  Conner, Richard N ^a,b   Saenz, Daniel ^a,b  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b United States Forest Service's Southern Research Station   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity nesters; Picoides borealis; Pine; Red cockaded woodpecker; Snags; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

HABITAT AVAILABILITY; LONGEVITY; NEST SITE; SNAG;

NORTH AMERICA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

COLEOPTERA; DENDROCTONUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS PALUSTRIS; PINUS TAEDA; SCOLYTINAE;

EID: 27144510237     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0091-7648(2005)33[700:TLOLPS]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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