Reproductive success of the black-backed woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) in burned boreal forests: Are burns source habitats?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1381-1391

  Nappi, Antoine ^a   Drapeau, Pierre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birds; Dead wood; Fire; Nest success; Picidae; Source sink

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONIFEROUS FOREST; FOREST FIRE; HOME RANGE; NESTING SUCCESS; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; SPATIAL VARIATION; SURVIVAL; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA];

AVES; PICEA MARIANA; PICIDAE; PICOIDES ARCTICUS;

EID: 67349284072     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.01.022     Document Type: Article

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