Download or read book Sexual Dimorphism and Geographic Variation in the Red cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis written by Armando Pizzoni-Ardemani and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seasonal Sexual and Geographical Variation in the Foraging Ecology of Red cockaded Woodpeckers Picoides Borealis written by Patricia Ramey and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Red cockaded Woodpecker written by Richard Conner and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though small among its woodpecker relatives, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker poses a huge dilemma for its human neighbors. Uniquely adapted to live in the old-growth pine forests of the southeastern United States, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker has nearly disappeared as the forests have been cleared for agricultural, commercial, and residential uses over the last two centuries. Today, it waits at a crossroads. Scientific management practices could restore the woodpecker's habitat and population, but the imperative to convert old-growth forests to other uses remains. In this book, three of the leading experts on the Red-cockaded Woodpecker offer a comprehensive overview of all that is currently known about its biology and natural history and about the ecology of the fire-maintained forests it requires for survival. As the most visible endangered species in the Southeast, and the one whose conservation impacts the largest land area, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker holds a compelling interest not only for ornithologists, but also for wildlife managers, foresters, developers, environmentalists, and government officials. For all of these groups, this book will be the essential resource for learning more about the Red-cockaded Woodpecker and ensuring its survival.
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates written by Walter D. Koenig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-01-07 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooperative breeders are species in which individuals beyond a pair assist in the production of young in a single brood or litter. Although relatively rare, cooperative breeding is widespread taxonomically and continues to pose challenges to our understanding of the evolution of cooperation and altruistic behavior. Bringing together long-term studies of cooperatively breeding birds, mammals, and fish, this volume provides a synthesis of current studies in the field. The chapters are organised by individual studies of particular species or (in the case of mole-rats) two closely related cooperatively breeding species. Each focuses not only on describing behavior and ecology but also on testing evolutionary hypotheses for the form and function of the diverse and extraordinary cooperative breeding lifestyles that have been discovered. This unique and comprehensive text will be of interest to graduate students and researchers of behavioral ecology and the evolution of cooperation.
Download or read book An Annotated Bibliography of the Red cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis written by Jerome A. Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sequentially Observed Periodic Surveys of Management Compartments to Monitor Red cockaded Woodpecker Populations written by Robert Guy Hooper and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker Symposium II written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources published guides to many threatened animals living in the state. This guide gives information about the red-cockaded woodpecker, including description, status, habitat, conservation challenges & recommendations, and measures of success.
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker Colony Status and Trends on the Angelina Davy Crockett and Sabine National Forests written by Richard N. Conner and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker written by Ralph Costa and published by Surrey, B.C. : Hancock House. This book was released on 2004 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Populations of the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) have experienced massive declines since European colonization of North America. This is due to extensive habitat loss and alteration. Logging of old-growth pine forests and alteration of the fire regime throughout the historic range of the species were the primary causes of population decline. Listing of the red-cockaded woodpecker under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended, and increased emphasis on management of non-game species have resulted in efforts to recover remnant populations of the red-cockaded woodpecker in many parts of its historic range. Due to extensive research and adaptive management initiatives much is now known about the elements required for both short- and long-term management of viable populations of red-cockaded woodpeckers. A short-term strategy is crucial because currently available habitat, in nearly all populations, is poor in 1 or more critical respects. Consequently, almost all populations require immediate attention in the short term, to insure suitable midstory and understory conditions, adequate availability of suitable cavities, and restoration of demographic viability through improvements in number and distribution of breeding groups. Management techniques including artificial cavities, cavity entrance restrictors, translocation of birds, prescribed fire, and mechanical and chemical control of woody vegetation are available to achieve these needs. In the long term, cost-effective management of red-cockaded woodpecker populations requires a timber management program and prescribed fire regime that will produce and maintain the stand structure characteristic of high quality nesting and foraging habitat, so that additional intensive management specific to the woodpeckers is no longer necessary. Timber management that achieves this goal and still allows substantial timber harvest is feasible. The implementation of a red-cockaded woodpecker management strategy, as outlined above, represents appropriate ecosystem management in the fire-maintained pine ecosystems of the southeastern United States and will ultimately benefit a great number of additional species of plants and animals adapted to this ecosystem.
Download or read book Cooperative Breeding in Birds written by Peter B. Stacey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990-04-19 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooperative breeding is an unusual kind of social behaviour, found in a few hundred species worldwide, in which individuals other than the parents help raise young. Understanding the apparently altruistic behaviour of helpers has provided numerous challenges to evolutionary biologists. This book includes detailed first-hand summaries of many of the major empirical studies of cooperatively breeding birds. It provides comparative information on the demography, social behaviour and behavioural ecology of these unusual species and explores the diversity of ideas and the controversies which have developed in this field. The studies are all long-term and consequently the book summarises some of the most extensive studies of the behaviour of marked individuals ever undertaken. Graduate students and research workers in ornithology, sociobiology, behavioural ecology and evolutionary biology will find much of value in this book.
Download or read book Foraging Habitat and Reproductive Success of Red cockaded Woodpecker Picoides Borealis Groups in Southeastern Georgia written by Eric William Spadgenske and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A System Dynamics Investigation of Genetic Drift and Translocation in the Red Cockaded Woodpecker Metapopulation written by Jason E. Yates and published by . This book was released on 2003-03-01 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is classified under the Endangered Species Act of 1973 as an endangered species As such, the red- cockaded woodpecker (RCW) is afforded strict protection in an effort to return the RCW population to a self-sustainable level. Endemic to southeastern United States mature pine forests, the presence of the RCW impacts the operations of many Department of Defense (DoD) installations. A particular challenge in sustaining what are often small populations of RCW at these locations is the loss of genetic variation due to genetic drift. The optimal method for mitigating such loss is through the artificial immigration, termed translocation, of individual RCWs from other populations. The research objective of this effort was to quantify the translocation rate that would counter genetic drift in small populations though the modeling of RCW populations using a system dynamics approach, Both source and target populations utilizing various magnitudes and frequencies of translocations were modeled over a time period of 50 generations. While the optimal translocation rate is dependent on the initial population size, the results of this research indicate that it is possible to counter the effects of genetic drift in RCW populations as small as 10 mating pairs with the translocation of two pairs of red- cockaded woodpeckers twice per generation.
Download or read book Improving the Regulatory Process in Southwest Florida Lee and Collier Counties Florida written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Red cockaded Woodpecker Research and Management at the Savannah River Site written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
