White-headed woodpecker nesting ecology after wildfire

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1098-1106

  Wightman, Catherine S ^a,d   Saab, Victoria A ^b   Forristal, Chris ^a   Mellen Mclean, Kim ^c   Markus, Amy ^c  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROCKY MOUNTAIN RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

^c U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^d WILDLIFE AND PARKS   (United States)

Author keywords

habitat suitability model; Mahalanobis distance; nest survival; nest site selection; ponderosa pine; snags; white headed woodpecker; wildfire

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROUS FOREST; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT CREATION; NEST PREDATION; NEST SITE; NESTING BEHAVIOR; SALVAGING; SITE SELECTION; SNAG; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WILD POPULATION; WILDFIRE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

OREGON; UNITED STATES;

HEXAPODA; PICOIDES ALBOLARVATUS; PINUS PONDEROSA;

EID: 77953932385     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2009-174     Document Type: Article

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