Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 377-382

  Cockle, Kristina L ^a,b,c   Martin, Kathy ^a,d   Wesołowski, Tomasz ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y ANTROPOLOGÍA   (Argentina)

^c CIC y TTP CONICET   (Argentina)

^d ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WROC AW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CAVITY; FUTURE PROSPECT; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT LOSS; MAMMAL; NESTING; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; ROOSTING; SURVIVORSHIP;

NORTH AMERICA; POLAND; SOUTH AMERICA;

AVES; MAMMALIA; PICIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80052484631     PISSN: 15409295     EISSN: 15409309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/110013     Document Type: Article

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