Foraging ecology of black-backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) in unburned eastern boreal forest stands

Canadian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 991-999

  Tremblay, Junior A ^a   Ibarzabal, Jacques ^b   Savard, Jean Pierre L ^c  

^a MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOREAL FORESTS; CAVITY-NESTING; CONIFEROUS FORESTS; CONTINUOUS PRODUCTION; DECAY CLASS; DOWNED WOODY DEBRIS; INSECT OUTBREAKS; MANAGED FOREST; OLD-GROWTH; RADIO-TELEMETRY;

DEBRIS; ECOLOGY; FORESTRY;

SUBSTRATES;

BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; BREEDING SITE; CONIFEROUS FOREST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAG; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSTRATE;

ECOLOGY; FIBER DEBRIS; FOREST MANAGEMENT; FORESTRY; FORESTS; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SUBSTRATES;

HEXAPODA; PICOIDES ARCTICUS;

EID: 77951997088     PISSN: 00455067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/X10-044     Document Type: Article

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