The importance of dead-wood supply for woodpeckers in estonia

Baltic Forestry

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 76-86

  Lõhmus, Asko ^a   Kinks, Riho ^a   Soon, Mihkel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Dead wood; Forest management; Habitat selection; Snag; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958476432     PISSN: 13921355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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