Cavity use throughout the annual cycle of a migratory woodpecker revealed by geolocators

Ibis

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 167-170

  Gow, Elizabeth A ^a   Wiebe, Karen L ^a   Fox, James W ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c Migrate Technology Limited   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Migration; Roosting; Tree cavities

Indexed keywords

COLAPTES; COLAPTES AURATUS;

EID: 84916917810     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ibi.12206     Document Type: Article

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