Forest Characteristics Related to Pileated Woodpecker Territory Size in Missouri

Renken, Rochelle B.; Wiggers, Ernie P.

doi:10.2307/1368115

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“…Conner et al (1975) suggested that retained standing dead and dying trees serve both as foraging and nesting substrates. Renken and Wiggers (1989) suggested that logging slash can serve as foraging substrate for pileated woodpeckers, and that harvested sites can have elevated amounts of insect prey (Conner and Crawford, 1974). The long-term response of woodpeckers to these changes in habitat structure remains unknown, and elevated prey levels may be ephemeral.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response of woodpeckers to changes in forest health and harvest: Implications for conservation of avian biodiversity

Drever

Martin

2010

Forest Ecology and Management

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Response of woodpeckers to changes in forest health and harvest: Implications for conservation of avian biodiversity

Drever

Martin

2010

Forest Ecology and Management

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“…Snag density was generally associated with woodpecker abundance and could be an important structural cue used by woodpeckers (Renken and Wiggers 1989;Bull and Holthausen 1993). In mixed Nothofagus stands N. pumilio use is greater than N. betuloides use, suggesting that woodpeckers selected this tree species.…”

Section: Woodpecker Foraging and Habitatmentioning

confidence: 96%

Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) abundance and foraging in Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Vergara

Schlatter

2004

J Ornithol

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The Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) is a vulnerable and poorly studied bird in the sub-antarctic deciduous and evergreen beech (Nothofagus) forests of South America. On Tierra del Fuego island (Chile), we compared Magellanic woodpecker abundance and its foraging habitat in two forest types: pure N. pumilio and mixed forests composed by N. pumilio and N. betuloides, including managed and non managed stands. At a regional scale, abundance of woodpeckers was greater in landscapes including both forest types than in pure N. pumilio landscapes. When both forest types occurred together, woodpecker abundance did not differ between them. The number of trees with foraging signs was correlated with Magellanic woodpecker abundance and was also associated with N. betuloides and snag densities, but was not affected by forest management. Occurrence of pecking on foraging trees was greater in mixed Nothofagus than pure N. pumilio stands. Woodpeckers foraged disproportionately more on larger diameter and more decayed trees. Moreover, trees used for foraging were positively correlated with canopy cover and snag density and were negatively correlated with distance to nearby peatlands and beaver ponds. Direct observation revealed that the flying distance between trees was negatively correlated with proportion of trees with foraging signs. Woodpeckers chose trees that were visited before, suggesting a pattern of tree recognition within foraging territories.

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“…The conditions suitable for insect infestion of the heartwood is likely a result of long-term decay, as well as larger trees (>44 cm dbh) having a more suitable microclimates for insects (greater moisture retention; Renken and Wiggers, 1993) and the fact that larger trees remain standing longer (Vanderwel et al, in press).…”

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Cavity tree occurrence in hardwood forests of central Ontario

Holloway

Caspersen

Vanderwel

et al. 2007

Forest Ecology and Management

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Forest Characteristics Related to Pileated Woodpecker Territory Size in Missouri

Cited by 43 publications

References 24 publications

Response of woodpeckers to changes in forest health and harvest: Implications for conservation of avian biodiversity

Response of woodpeckers to changes in forest health and harvest: Implications for conservation of avian biodiversity

Magellanic woodpecker (Campephilus magellanicus) abundance and foraging in Tierra del Fuego, Chile

Cavity tree occurrence in hardwood forests of central Ontario

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