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Document Type
Research
Keywords
Woodpecker foraging
Abstract
The foraging behavior of six sympatric woodpecker species was studied between March 18 and April 24, 1975, in an oak-hickory woodland in Iowa City, Iowa. The six species of woodpeckers did not differ significantly in the parameter of mean foraging height, but did forage on different mean limb diameters. Other differences in foraging behavior noted between species were dead/live tree selection, sap utilization, and ground foraging. Significant differences in foraging behavior were also recorded between sexes of downy woodpeckers. Males tended to forage higher in trees and on smaller limbs than conspecific females.
Publication Date
May 1976
Journal Title
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science
Volume
82
Issue
3-4
First Page
179
Last Page
181
Copyright
©1976 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Gamboa, George J. and Brown, Kenneth M.
(1976)
"Comparative Foraging Behavior of Six Sympatric Woodpecker Species,"
Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 82(3-4), 179-181.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol82/iss3/11