The Red-Cockaded Woodpecker: Old-Growth Species in a Second-Growth Landscape

The conservation of old-growth forests has become a major conservation issue. The maintenance of wildlife diversity is an important value associated with old-growth conservation. Lately, policies related to managing old-growth wildlife have emphasized just one management strategy, habitat preservati...

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Published in:Natural areas journal 1988-07, Vol.8 (3), p.160-165
Main Author: Lennartz, Michael R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Forest ecology
Forest habitats
Forest management
Habitat conservation
Old growth forests
Picoides borealis
Wildlife conservation
Wildlife ecology
Wildlife habitats
Wildlife management
Woodpeckers
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Summary:The conservation of old-growth forests has become a major conservation issue. The maintenance of wildlife diversity is an important value associated with old-growth conservation. Lately, policies related to managing old-growth wildlife have emphasized just one management strategy, habitat preservation. The ecology of the redcockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis), a species dependent on old-growth pine forests in the South, suggests that additional management strategies are appropriate for some old-growth species. Professional conservationists — wildlife biologists, foresters, and ecologists — can work together to develop scientifically sound management alternatives that would lessen the controversies surrounding old-growth management and increase the prospects for preserving faunal diversity.
ISSN:0885-8608
2162-4399