Southeastern Orientation of Entrances of Yellow-Tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Cavities on the Equator

Woodpeckers play important ecological roles as excavators of tree cavities, many of which are subsequently used by other vertebrate species. Tree cavities may serve as either roosting or nesting sites, providing protection from external climatic elements and predation. Cavity entrances are hypothesi...

• Hoofdauteur: van der Hoek, Yntze (author)
• Formaat: article
• Gepubliceerd in: 2018
• Onderwerpen: Bird; Yellow-Tufted Woodpecker; Melanerpes cruentatus; Ecuador
• Online toegang: http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec:8080/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/239; http://repositorio.ikiam.edu.ec/jspui/handle/RD_IKIAM/239; https://doi.org/10.3161/00016454ao2017.52.2.010