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 ag...

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