Range-Wide Meta-Analysis of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Foraging Habitat Suitability

Abstract

The work reported here describes the project "Range-Wide Meta-Analysis of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Foraging Habitat Suitability." This project was conducted under a cooperative agreement between the Engineer Research and Development Center - Construction Engineering Research Laboratory (ERDC-CERL) and The Curators of the University of Missouri. The primary objective of this project was to support conservation and recovery of a federally listed endangered avian species, the red-cockaded woodpecker (RCW: Picoides borealis). We aimed to identify the range of habitat conditions, as opposed to a single condition, that constitutes high-quality foraging habitat for RCWs, which will support recommendations for new RCW foraging habitat guidelines. This project has two components: (l) studies of the relationship between foraging habitat and RCW fitness across the species range, and (2) studies of foraging habitat selection by individual RCW groups on Eglin Air Force Base.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 31, 2013
Accession Number
ADA595002

Entities

People

  • Ann E. Mckellar
  • David K. Delancy
  • Dylan C. Kesler
  • Jeffrey R. Walters
  • Robert J Mitchell

Organizations

  • University of Missouri

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animals
  • Biological Sciences
  • Birds
  • Ecology
  • Endangered Species
  • Engineering
  • Engineers
  • Forests
  • Geographic Information Systems
  • Global Positioning Systems
  • Habitats
  • Missouri
  • New York
  • North America
  • Statistical Analysis
  • United States
  • Wildlife

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Wetland-Land-Environmental Management.