Woodpeckers and the Southern Pine Beetle

James C. Kroll - Associate Professor of Forest Wildlife, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Tex.
Richard N. Connor - Research Wildlife Biologist, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Southern Forest Experiment Station, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Labratory, Nacogdoches.
Robert R. Fleet - Research Associate in Forest Wildlife, Stephen F. Austin State University.

U.S.D.A. Combined Forest Pest Research and Development Program Agriculture Handbook No. 564

In 1974 the U.S. Department of Agriculture initiated the Combined Forest Pest Research and Development Program, an interagency effort that concentrated on the Douglas-fir tussock moth in the West, on the southern pine beetle in the South, and on the gypsy moth in the Northeast. The work reported in this publication was funded in part by the Program. This handbook is one in a series on the southern pine beetle.

Contents

• Introduction
• Life Cycle of SPB
• Identification and Habitat Requirements of Woodpeckers
• Hairy woodpeckers
• Downy woodpeckers
• Pileated woodpeckers
• Red-bellied woodpeckers
• Woodpecker Responses to SPB Infestations
• Impact of Woodpeckers on SPB Populations
• Consideration for Forest Managers
• Limit size of clearcuts
• Consider site preparation alternatives
• Manage for snags
• Lengthen timber rotation ages
• Leave some mature forest
• Cutting technique and beetle killed trees
• Summary
• Selected References
• Acknowledgements

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