Survival analysis of a critical resource for cavity-nesting communities: Patterns of tree cavity longevity

Ecological Applications

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1733-1742

  Edworthy, Amanda B ^a,d   Wiebe, Karen L ^b   Martin, Kathy ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cavity nesting birds; Colaptes auratus; Forest management; Keystone species; Nesting resources; Northern Flicker; Populus tremuloides; Tree cavities; Trembling aspen; Williams Lake, central British Columbia, Canada; Woodpeckers

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIRD; DICOTYLEDON; FOREST MANAGEMENT; HABITAT TYPE; KEYSTONE SPECIES; LONGEVITY; NESTING; PERSISTENCE; RESOURCE USE; SURVIVAL; TREEHOLE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; LONGEVITY; NESTING; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULUS; TIME;

ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LONGEVITY; NESTING BEHAVIOR; POPULUS; TIME FACTORS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; WILLIAMS LAKE [BRITISH COLUMBIA];

AVES; COLAPTES AURATUS; MAMMALIA; PICIDAE; POPULUS; POPULUS TREMULOIDES; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84866852857     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/11-1594.1     Document Type: Article

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