Multiscale habitat use and selection in cooperatively breeding Micronesian kingfishers

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 765-772

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a,b,c   Haig, Susan M ^a  

^a FOREST AND RANGELAND ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cooperative breeding; Halcyon cinnamomina; Island conservation; Micronesia; Micronesian kingfisher; Movement; Pohnpei; Todiramphus cinnamominus

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING POPULATION; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; VEGETATION COVER;

CAROLINE ISLANDS; FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA; GUAM; MARIANA ISLANDS; MICRONESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; POHNPEI [(STT) FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA];

ALCEDINIDAE; AVES; TODIRHAMPHUS CINNAMOMINUS;

EID: 53949111260     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-011     Document Type: Article

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