Nest sites of Great Spotted Woodpeckers Dendrocopos major and Middle Spotted Woodpeckers Dendrocopos medius in near-natural and managed riverine forests

Acta Ornithologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 21-32

  Kosiński, Ziemowit ^a   Ksit, Paweł ^b   Winiecki, Aleksander ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b NONE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Forest management; Nest site convergence; Nest site selection; Riverine forests; Stand structure

Indexed keywords

BIRD; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; NEST SITE;

DENDROCOPOS; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; DENDROCOPOS MEDIUS; FRAXINUS; PICIDAE; QUERCUS; ULMUS;

EID: 33746129618     PISSN: 00016454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3161/068.041.0108     Document Type: Article

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