Effects of sex and age on survival of Northern Flickers: A six-year field study

Condor

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 193-200

  Fisher, Ryan J ^a,b   Wiebe, Karen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colaptes auratus; Demography; Survival; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

COLAPTES; COLAPTES AURATUS; PICIDAE;

EID: 32344437727     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2006)108[0193:EOSAAO]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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