Resin-Barrier Maintenance as a Mechanism of Differential Predation among Occupants of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities

The endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is a cavity-limited cooperative breeder that excavates cavities in living pines and maintains a resin barrier that repels rat snakes (Elaphe obsoleta and E. guttata), its principal predators. Heterospecific occupants of Red-cockaded Woodpeck...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Condor (Los Angeles, Calif.) Calif.), 2011-05, Vol.113 (2), p.362-371
Hauptverfasser:	Kappes, John J, Sieving, Kathryn E
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Animal nesting Bird nesting Cavities cavity kleptoparasite differential predation Elaphe obsoleta Elaphe spp Flycatchers Forests Hatching indirect effect interaction chain Melanerpes carolinus Myiarchus crinitus Nests Ornithology Picoides borealis Predation Predators rat snake Rats Red-cockaded Woodpecker RESEARCH PAPERS Resins Snakes Squirrels Survival Woodpeckers
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