Tree cavities in riverine forests: What determines their occurrence and use by hole-nesting passerines?

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 221, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 267-277

  Remm, Jaanus ^a   Lõhmus, Asko ^a   Remm, Kalle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Cavity trees; Hemiboreal forest; Keystone species; Secondary cavity nester; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; RIVERS; WOOD;

CAVITY TREES; HEMIBOREAL FORESTS; KEYSTONE SPECIES; SECONDARY CAVITY-NESTER; WOODPECKER;

FORESTRY;

BIRD; KEYSTONE SPECIES; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; POPULATION DENSITY; RIPARIAN FOREST; TREEHOLE;

ECOLOGY; FORESTS; RIVERS; WOOD;

BALTIC STATES; ESTONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE;

PICIDAE;

EID: 29744431529     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2005.10.015     Document Type: Article

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