The fungal communities associated with Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and their excavations: descriptive and experimental evidence of symbiosis
Cavity-excavating birds, such as woodpeckers, are ecosystem engineers and are often assumed to rely upon wood decay fungi to assist in softening the wood of potential excavation sites. Endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis; RCWs) are the only birds known to solely excavate through t...
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Virginia Tech
2016
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/64484 |