The response of bark-gleaning birds and their prey to thinning and prescribed fire in eastside pine forests in northern California

Graduation Date

2006

Document Type

Thesis

Program

Other

Program

Thesis (M.S.)--Humboldt State University, Wildlife Management, 2006

Committee Chair Name

Steve Zack

Committee Chair Affiliation

HSU Faculty or Staff

Keywords

White-headed woodpecker, Food availability, Humboldt State University -- Theses -- Wildlife, Brown creeper, Foraging, White-breasted nuthatch, Thinning, Prescribed fire, Ponderosa pine

Abstract

I studied foraging responses of White-headed Woodpeckers (Picoides albolarvatus), Brown Creepers (Certhia americana) and White-breasted Nuthatches (Sitta carolinensis) to restoration efforts in eastside pine forest using mechanical thinning and prescribed fire in order to understand trophic relationships in these forests. I focused on the role of food availability and how changes in food availability might be caused by increased solar radiation in more open thinned stands, and on the reintroduction of disturbance, including fire, blowdown, and mechanical thinning. I also investigated the relationship between tree size, foraging behavior and prey availability.

https://scholarworks.calstate.edu/concern/theses/jm214r770

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