Cavity-nest webs in a longleaf pine ecosystem

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 80-92

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

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

Author keywords

Abundance web; Cavity nesting birds; Community structure; Nest web; Northern Flicker; Red cockaded Woodpecker; Snag

Indexed keywords

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS ECHINATA; PINUS PALUSTRIS;

EID: 42249099918     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.110.1.80     Document Type: Article

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