The Red-cockaded Woodpecker : : Surviving in a Fire-Maintained Ecosystem / / D. Craig Rudolph, Jeffrey R. Walters, Richard Conner.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Conner, Richard,; Rudolph, D. Craig,; Walters, Jeffrey R.,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Series: Corrie Herring Hooks Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (400 p.)

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One An Introduction -- Chapter Two Fire-Maintained Pine Ecosystems -- Chapter Three Evolution, Taxonomy, and Morphology of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker -- Chapter Four Red-cockadedWoodpecker Distribution -- Chapter Five Cavity Trees in Fire-Maintained Southern Pine Ecosystems -- Chapter Six Social Behavior and Population Biology -- Chapter Seven Foraging Ecology of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers -- Chapter Eight Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and Bark Beetles -- Chapter Nine The Causes of Population Declines -- Chapter Ten Extinction, Legal Status, and History of Management -- Chapter Eleven State-of-the-Art Management -- Chapter Twelve An Uncertain Future -- Appendix. Common and Scientific Names of Species Mentioned in Text -- Selected References and Additional Readings -- Index