PUBLICATIONS, REPORTS,and RESULTS from Black-backed Woodpecker MIS monitoring on Sierra Nevada National Forests

This web page provides reports, maps, and technical materials relating to Black-backed Woodpecker Management Indicator Species (MIS) monitoring in the Sierra Nevada by The Institute for Bird Populations in partnership with the US Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. More general information about the Black-backed Woodpecker MIS monitoring program, and related research and conservation activities, is available here.

Google Earth Map of Survey Stations and Detection Locations

For a Google Earth map of Black-backed Woodpecker MIS monitoring stations and thier detection histories across ten national forests in California, click here.

Peer-reviewed Publications

Siegel, R. B., M. L. Bond, R. L. Wilkerson, B. C. Barr, C. Gardiner, and J. M. Kinsella. In press. Lethal Procyrnea nematode infection in a Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) from California. Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine. PDF available soon.

Saracco, J. F., R. B. Siegel, and R. L. Wilkerson. 2011. Occupancy modeling of Black-backed Woodpeckers on burned Sierra Nevada forests. Ecosphere 2:art31. [doi:10.1890/ES10-00132.1] PDF

Reports

Siegel, R. B., M. W. Tingley, and R. L. Wilkerson. 2012. Black-backed Woodpecker MIS Surveys on Sierra Nevada National Forests: 2011 Annual Report. Report to USFS Pacific Southwest Region. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R. B., M. W. Tingley, R. L. Wilkerson, and M. L. Bond. 2012. Assessing home range size and habitat needs of Black-backed Woodpeckers in California: 2011 interim report. Report to USFS Pacific Southwest Region. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R. B., M. W. Tingley, and R. L. Wilkerson. 2011. Black-backed Woodpecker MIS surveys on Sierra Nevada National Forests: 2010 annual report. Report to USFS Pacific Southwest Region. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R. B., J. F. Saracco, and R. L. Wilkerson. 2010. Management indicator species (MIS) surveys on Sierra Nevada national forests: Black-backed Woodpecker. 2009 annual report. Report to USFS Pacific Southwest Region. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

Siegel, R. B., R. L. Wilkerson, and D. L. Mauer. 2008. Black-backed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus) surveys on Sierra Nevada national forests: 2008 pilot study. Report to USFS Pacific Southwest Region. The Institute for Bird Populations, Point Reyes Station, CA. PDF

For More Information

For more information about this project, please contact Rodney Siegel.
To learn more about IBP's Sierra Nevada Bird Observatory, click here.

Annotated Bibliography

For an annotated bibliography of scientific literature about Black-backed Woodpeckers, click here.

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