Linking fungi, trees, and hole-using birds in a Neotropical tree-cavity network: Pathways of cavity production and implications for conservation

Forest Ecology and Management

Volumn 264, Issue , 2012, Pages 210-219

  Cockle, Kristina L ^a,b,c   Martin, Kathy ^a,d   Robledo, Gerardo ^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 UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Ecological network; Heart rot fungi; Hole nesting bird; Nest web; Tropical forest; Woodpecker

Indexed keywords

ATLANTIC FOREST; BIRD SPECIES; CAVITY-NESTING; DEAD TREES; DECAY PROCESS; ECOLOGICAL NETWORKS; FUNGAL DECAY; HIERARCHICAL NETWORK; HOT SPOT; MECHANICAL DAMAGES; NEST WEB; SOUTH AMERICA; TREE CAVITIES; TROPICAL FOREST; WOODPECKER;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EXCAVATION; EXCAVATORS; FUNGI; HEART; TROPICS;

FORESTRY;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMINANCE; EXTINCTION RISK; FUNGAL DISEASE; FUNGUS; NEOTROPICAL REGION; NESTING BEHAVIOR; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES EVENNESS; TROPICAL FOREST;

BIODIVERSITY; BIRDS; CONSERVATION; EXCAVATORS; FORESTRY; FUNGI; TROPICS;

GEORGIA; SAVANNAH; SOUTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

AVES; FUNGI; HYMENOCHAETACEAE; INVERTEBRATA; PASSERIFORMES; POLYPORACEAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 80755152809     PISSN: 03781127     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foreco.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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