Nesting sites of the Great Spotted Woodpecker dendrocopos major l. in poland: Analysis of nest cards

Polish Journal of Ecology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 149-158

  Hebda, Grzegorz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OPOLE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cavity; Habitat preferences; Hole nesters; Nest site selection; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

AGE; BIRD; BREEDING SITE; CAVITY; DECIDUOUS TREE; HEIGHT; NEST SITE; ORIENTATION BEHAVIOR; SITE SELECTION; VEGETATION TYPE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; POLAND;

ALNUS; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; PICIDAE;

EID: 67649205881     PISSN: 15052249     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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