Foraging ecology of pileated woodpeckers in coastal forests of Washington

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 70, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1266-1275

  Raley, Catherine M ^a   Aubry, Keith B ^a  

^a PACIFIC NORTHWEST RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Carpenter ant; Dryocopus pileatus; Foraging; Forest management; Habitat selection; Log; Pacific Northwest; Pileated woodpecker; Scat analysis; Snag

Indexed keywords

FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT SELECTION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PASSERINE; PREY AVAILABILITY; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; ROOSTING;

NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST; UNITED STATES; WASHINGTON [UNITED STATES];

ARTHROPODA; CAMPONOTUS; CERAMBYCIDAE; COLEOPTERA; DRYOCOPUS PILEATUS; HODOTERMITIDAE; ISOPTERA; TERMOPSIDAE;

EID: 33646678621     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/0022-541X(2006)70[1266:FEOPWI]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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