Decaying trees improve nesting opportunities for cavity‐nesting birds in temperate and boreal forests: A meta‐analysis and implications for retention forestry

Abstract Many studies have dealt with the habitat requirements of cavity‐nesting birds, but there is no meta‐analysis on the subject and individual study results remain vague or contradictory. We conducted a meta‐analysis to increase the available evidence for nest‐site selection of cavity‐nesting b...

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Main Authors: Fabian Gutzat, Carsten F. Dormann
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-08-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.4245