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1 September 2002 AVIAN COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN PINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS
RICHARD N. CONNER, CLIFFORD E. SHACKELFORD, RICHARD R. SCHAEFER, DANIEL SAENZ, D. CRAIG RUDOLPH
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Abstract

The effects of Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) management on nontarget birds is not widely known. Intensive management for pine specialists such as the Red-cockaded Woodpecker may negatively impact both Nearctic-Neotropical and Temperate Zone migrants associated with hardwood vegetation. To evaluate possible positive and negative associations, we surveyed avian communities from 1995–1997 using point counts within managed Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavity tree clusters and mature forest control sites in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) and loblolly (P. taeda)-shortleaf (P. echinata) pine habitats. In general, sites managed for Red-cockaded Woodpeckers supported more diverse and numerous bird populations than mature forest control sites. During the breeding season in loblolly-shortleaf and longleaf pine habitats, respectively, species richness was 47% and 23% greater, avian abundance was 57% and 65% greater, and bird species diversity was 25% and 21% greater within managed Red-cockaded Woodpecker cluster sites than within control sites. During winter, species richness and avian abundance each were 52% higher within managed Red-cockaded Woodpecker cluster sites than control sites in loblolly-shortleaf pine habitat.

RICHARD N. CONNER, CLIFFORD E. SHACKELFORD, RICHARD R. SCHAEFER, DANIEL SAENZ, and D. CRAIG RUDOLPH "AVIAN COMMUNITY RESPONSE TO SOUTHERN PINE ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION FOR RED-COCKADED WOODPECKERS," The Wilson Bulletin 114(3), 324-332, (1 September 2002). https://doi.org/10.1676/0043-5643(2002)114[0324:ACRTSP]2.0.CO;2
Received: 30 January 2002; Accepted: 1 August 2002; Published: 1 September 2002
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