Factors affecting breeding season survival of red-headed woodpeckers in South Carolina

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 328-335

  Kilgo, John C ^a   Vukovich, Mark ^a  

^a USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

accipiter; cover; known fate models; Melanerpes erythrocephalus; mortality; radio telemetry; red headed woodpecker; snag density; survival

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BREEDING SEASON; CONIFEROUS FOREST; DEMOGRAPHY; FLEDGING; FOREST COVER; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; MORTALITY; NESTLING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION MODELING; PREDATION; RADIOTELEMETRY; SNAG; SURVIVAL;

CANADA; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

ACCIPITER; ACCIPITER COOPERII; ACCIPITER STRIATUS; AVES; MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS; PICIDAE; PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 84856079490     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.282     Document Type: Article

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