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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Red Cockaded woodpeckers"”.
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Lifetime fitness and changing life history traits in Red-cockaded Woodpeckers
… important for conserving and managing species. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) are well-studied and provide an ideal system in which to examine ecological and evolutionary questions related to life histories because monitoring them accurately is relatively easy, their behavior is …
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The fungal communities associated with Red-cockaded Woodpeckers and their excavations: descriptive and experimental evidence of symbiosis
Cavity-excavating birds, such as woodpeckers, are ecosystem engineers and are often assumed to rely upon wood decay fungi to assist in softening the wood of potential excavation sites. Endangered red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis; RCWs) are the only birds known to solely excavate through …
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Intrabrood Dominance Hierarchies in Juvenile Red-Cockaded Woodpeckers: The Role of Early Social Environment On Post-Fledging Survival and Natal Dispersal
Competition among individuals over shared resources reveals asymmetries in quality resulting in the formation of dominance hierarchies. These hierarchies act as a mechanism for social selection by partitioning resources among group-living animals. The following chapters describe my dissertation …
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Effects of Military Training Activity on Red-cockaded Woodpecker Demography and Behavior---AND---New Territory Formation in the Cooperatively Breeding Red-cockaded Woodpecker
The red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is a federally endangered species. As such, populations need to be increased in order to achieve recovery goals outlined by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. My thesis is composed of two chapters that represent opposite sides of this issue. The …
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Assessing Habitat Quality for the Endangered Red-cockaded Woodpcker
… Guidelines depict good quality habitat for the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) at Camp Lejeune, NC. To accomplish this, I used multiple linear and logistic regression to examine the relationships between fitness, habitat use, home range size, and habitat characteristics described in …
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Female Dispersal and Inbreeding in the Red-cockaded Woodpecker
… I studied three aspects of the biology of the red-cockaded woodpecker: dispersal of breeding females; the costs, benefits, and frequency of inbreeding; and the effect of inbreeding on natal dispersal. Dispersal of breeding female red-cockaded woodpeckers is strongly associated with inbreeding …
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Experimental study of an avian cavity-nesting community: nest webs, nesting ecology, and interspecific interactions
Cavity-nesting communities are structured by the creation of and competition for cavities as nest-sites. Viewing these communities as interconnected webs can help identify species interactions that influence community structure. This study examines cavity-nesting bird community interactions within …
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Foraging Habitat and Reproductive Success of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (<em>Picoides borealis</em>) Groups in Southeastern Georgia
… recovery of populations of the federally endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker (.Picoides borealis). The Technical/Agency Draft Revised Recovery Plan for the Redcockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) (USFWS 2000) sets the most comprehensive guidelines yet available for the management of …
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EVALUATION OF A FOREST RESTORATION STRATEGY ON SMALL MAMMALS IN SOUTHERN PINE ECOSYSTEMS
<p>Industrial forestry replanted historic native pine forests (e.g., longleaf pine [<em>Pinus</em> <em>palustris</em>] and shortleaf pine [<em>Pinus echinata</em>]) to homogenous, high-density plantations consisting of native off-site species (e.g., loblolly pine [<em>Pinus</em> <em>taeda</em>]) …