Cavity excavation and enlargement as mechanisms for indirect interactions in an avian community

Ecology

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 506-514

  Blanc, Lori A ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavity nester; Colaptes auratus; Community structure; Eglin Air Force Base; Indirect interactions; Longleaf pine; Nest web; Northern Flicker; Picoides borealis; Pinus palustris; Red cockaded woodpecker; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; COMPLEXITY; CONIFEROUS TREE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; EXCAVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD WEB; NESTING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; PINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NESTING BEHAVIOR; PINUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 42249087183     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/07-0219.1     Document Type: Article

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