Foraging patterns of acorn woodpeckers (Melanerpes formicivorus) on valley oak (Quercus lobata Née) in two California oak savanna-woodlands

Oecologia

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 187-196

  Scofield, Douglas G ^a   Alfaro, Victor Ryan ^a   Sork, Victoria L ^a   Grivet, Delphine ^a,b   Martinez, Edith ^a   Papp, Jeannette ^a   Pluess, Andrea R ^a,c   Koenig, Walter D ^d,e   Smouse, Peter E ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INIA   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^f RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acorn woodpecker; Foraging behavior; Habitat preferences; Probability of maternal identity (PMI); UC Natural Reserve System

Indexed keywords

BIRD; DECIDUOUS FOREST; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HABITAT SELECTION; LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY; MOVEMENT; NATURE RESERVE; SAVANNA; SEED; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; TERRITORIALITY; WOODLAND;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; OAK; PLANT SEED; POPULATION DENSITY; TERRITORIALITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CALIFORNIA; ECOSYSTEM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DENSITY; QUERCUS; SEEDS; TERRITORIALITY;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA; MELANERPES FORMICIVORUS; QUERCUS; QUERCUS LOBATA;

EID: 79954430093     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00442-010-1828-5     Document Type: Article

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