Social composition of destination territories and matrix habitat affect red-cockaded woodpecker dispersal

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1028-1035

  Kesler, Dylan C ^a   Walters, Jeffrey R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cooperative breeding; dispersal; Picoides borealis; population connectivity; red cockaded woodpecker

Indexed keywords

AGGRESSION; BIRD; CONNECTIVITY; COOPERATIVE BREEDING; DISCRETE CHOICE ANALYSIS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TERRITORY;

AVES; PICIDAE; PICOIDES BOREALIS;

EID: 84862287402     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: 19372817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jwmg.330     Document Type: Article

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