Intra-annual variation in habitat choice by an endemic woodpecker: Implications for forest management and conservation

Acta Oecologica

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 685-690

  Garcia del Rey, Eduardo ^a   Fernández Palacios, José María ^a   Muñoz, Pascual Gil ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; Conservation; Dendrocopos major canariensis; Forest ecology; Habitat selection; Management; Pinus canariensis; Tenerife

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL CYCLE; ANNUAL VARIATION; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOREST CANOPY; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT SELECTION; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

AVES; DENDROCOPOS MAJOR; PICIDAE; PINUS CANARIENSIS;

EID: 70349096381     PISSN: 1146609X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actao.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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