Old burns as source habitats for Lewis's Woodpeckers breeding in the Black Hills of South Dakota

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 122-131

  Gentry, Dale J ^a,c   Vierling, Kerri T ^b  

^a SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^c Teton Science Schools   (United States)

Author keywords

Black Hills; Cavity nesting; Melanerpes lewis; Ponderosa pine; Predation; Wildfire

Indexed keywords

AVES; MAMMALIA; MELANERPES LEWIS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 33847234647     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[122:OBASHF]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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