Title

Species Using Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities in Eastern Texas

Authors

Richard N. Conner, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, Southern Research Station, U.S.D.A., Forest Service, Nacogdoches, Texas 75962Follow
D. Craig Rudolph, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, Southern Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Nacogdoches, TX 75962Follow
Daniel Saenz, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, Southern Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Nacogdoches, TX 75962Follow
Richard R. Schaefer, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, Southern Research Station, U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Nacogdoches, Texas 75965Follow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1997

Abstract

Because of its ability to excavate cavities in living pines, the Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) is a keystone species in the fire-disclimax, pine ecosystems of the southeastern United States. Many species representing multiple taxonomic classes are dependent on this woodpecker species for the cavities it creates. We examined the occupants of Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities during spring, late summer, and winter. Cavities enlarged by other species of woodpeckers and unenlarged cavities were examined in two habitat conditions: loblolly (Pinus taeda) -shortleaf (P. echinata) pine and longleaf pine (P. palustris) habitats. Red-cockaded Woodpecker cavities provided cavity habitat for seven species of birds, two species of squirrels, skinks, frogs, spiders, moths, and numerous species of Hymenoptera.

Comments

Conner, Richard N.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Saenz, Daniel; Schaefer, Richard R. Species Using Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities in Eastern Texas. Bulletin of the Texas Ornithological Society. 30(1) 1997, 12-16.

Written and prepared by U.S. Government employees on official time, therefore in the public domain

Repository Citation

Conner, Richard N.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Saenz, Daniel; and Schaefer, Richard R., "Species Using Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Cavities in Eastern Texas" (1997). Faculty Publications. 444.
https://scholarworks.sfasu.edu/forestry/444