Mississippi Project
Multi-resolution assessments of foraging requirements of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker Picoides borealis in Bienville National Forest, Mississippi
October 1996 - August 2000
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Participating Agencies
- National Forests of Mississippi
We examined annual and seasonal home ranges of 41 Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) groups from 1997 to 1999 in a Mississippi loblolly (Pinus taeda) and shortleaf (P. echinata) pine forest. Adaptive kernel annual home-range estimates ( = 43.1 ± 6.3 ha) were more conservative than maximum convex polygon estimates ( = 58.4 ± 4.5 ha). Mean non-nesting season home ranges were 15–20 ha greater than nesting season home ranges. Home ranges were smaller during nesting and increased during the post-fledging period. Compositional analysis revealed that Red-cockaded Woodpeckers selected habitats disproportionate to their availability annually and seasonally. Red-cockaded Woodpeckers selected pine sawtimber, pine poletimber, pine regeneration, and hardwood sawtimber habitats in that order. Home range appears to be a factor of landscape composition and inversely related to habitat quality.
| Research Publications | Publication Date |
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| Wood, D. R., L. W. Burger, Jr., and F. J. Vilella. 2005. Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) behavioral patterns in a Mississippi loblolly-shortleaf pine forest. Journal of the Mississippi Academy of Sciences 50(3):168-176. | April 2005 |
| Wood, D. R., F. J. Vilella, and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2008. Red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) home range dynamics and macrohabitat selection in a loblolly-shortleaf pine forest. The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120 (4): 793-800. | October 2008 |
| Wood, D. R., F. J. Vilella, and L. W. Burger, Jr. 2001. Red-cockaded Woodpecker Banding at Bienville National Forest, Mississippi. North American Bird Bander 26:16-19. | December 2001 |
| Wood, D. R., F. J. Vilella, L. W. Burger, and J. W. Armacost. 2003. Surveying nocturnal bird species of the Southeast with silent and playback methods. Proceedings of the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies 55:528-533. | June 2003 |
| Technical Publications | Publication Date |
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| Wood, D. R., L.W. Burger, Jr., and F. J. Vilella. 2001. Multi-resolution assessment of foraging requirements of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) in Bienville National Forest, Mississippi. Final Report, U. S. Geological Survey Biological Resources Division, Mississippi Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit. Mississippi State, MS. 223 pp. | September 2001 |
| Theses and Dissertations | Publication Date |
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| Wood, D. 2001. Multi-resolution foraging assessment of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker in Bienville National Forest, Mississippi. Dissertation, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS. | August 2001 |
| Doug R. Wood. 2001. Multi-resolution assessment of foraging requirements of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) in Bienville National Forest, Mississippi. Dissertation, Mississippi State University. 223 pp. | December 2001 |