The Dynamics of Cavity Excavation and Use by the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides Borealis)
Quantification of cavity excavation produced strong empirical support for the ecological constraints model for the evolution of delayed dispersal in the cooperatively breeding red-cockaded woodpecker. The long times required for cavity excavation select for competition over breeding vacancies i...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/37028 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-91597-204823/ |