Habitat use, home ranges and census techniques in the Black Woodpecker Dryocopus martius in the Alps

Ardea

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-29

  Bocca, Massimo ^a   Carisio, Loredana ^b   Rolando, Antonio ^b  

^a Parco Naturale Mont Avic   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Black Woodpecker; Censuses; Ecological indicators; Habitat selection; Mapping methods; Mountain Pine; Radio tracking

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; BIOINDICATOR; BIRD; CENSUS; CONIFEROUS TREE; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; MAPPING; NESTING; RANGE SIZE; ROOSTING; TRACKING;

ALPS; EURASIA; EUROPE;

DRYOCOPUS MARTIUS; FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FORMICIDAE; PINUS MUGO; PINUS SYLVESTRIS;

EID: 34347332216     PISSN: 03732266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5253/078.095.0103     Document Type: Article

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