Relationship of coarse woody debris to arthropod availability for red-cockaded woodpeckers and other bark-foraging birds on loblolly pine boles

Journal of Entomological Science

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 153-168

  Horn, Scott ^a   Hanula, James L ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arthropods; Bark foraging birds; Bark gleaning guild; Corticulous arthropods; Saproxylic

Indexed keywords

APHIDIDAE; ARTHROPODA; AVES; BLATTARIA; BLATTELLIDAE; COLEOPTERA; CURCULIONIDAE; FORMICIDAE; HEMIPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ISOPTERA; LEPIDOPTERA; NOCTUIDAE; PARCOBLATTA; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 44449150363     PISSN: 07498004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18474/0749-8004-43.2.153     Document Type: Article

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