Evidence of positive indirect effects within a community of cavity-nesting vertebrates

Condor

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 441-449

  Kappes, John J ^a,b   Davis, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Cavity kleptoparasite; Indirect effect; Interaction chain; Interspecific competition; Red cockkaded Woodpeckker; Southern flying squirrel; Woodpeckker cavity

Indexed keywords

GLAUCOMYS VOLANS; MELANERPES CAROLINUS; PICOIDES BOREALIS; PTEROMYINI; SCIURIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 67349214132     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/cond.2008.8472     Document Type: Article

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