Selection of Nest Trees by Cavity-nesting Birds in the Neotropical Atlantic Forest

Biotropica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 228-236

  Cockle, Kristina ^a,b,c   Martin, Kathy ^a,d   Wiebe, Karen ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Vélez Sarsfield y San Jurjo S/N ^*  (Argentina)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Logging; Nest site selection; Parrot; Secondary cavity nester; South America; Subtropical forest; Tree cavity; Tree hollow

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; HOT SPOT; LOGGING (TIMBER); NEST SITE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SITE SELECTION;

ARGENTINA; ATLANTIC FOREST;

APULEIA LEIOCARPA; AVES; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 79952057465     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2010.00661.x     Document Type: Article

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