Habitat attributes and chestnut-backed chickadee nest site selection in uncut and partial-cut forests

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1272-1285

  Mahon, C Lisa ^a   Martin, Kathy ^a   Steventon, J D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b RESEARCH BRANCH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS;

INSECT ATTACK; RESOURCE SELECTION; WEAK CAVITY EXCAVATORS;

FORESTRY;

BREEDING POPULATION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT USE; NEST SITE; PASSERINE; PATCHINESS; POPULATION DENSITY; RESOURCE SELECTION; SITE SELECTION;

DISEASES; ECOSYSTEMS; FORESTRY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

HEXAPODA; PARIDAE; PARUS RUFESCENS; POECILE RUFESCENS;

EID: 35848938966     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X06-324     Document Type: Article

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