Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide

Autores
Cockle, Kristina Louise; Martin, Kathy; Wesołowski, Tomasz
Año de publicación
2011
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inglés
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artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
In forests worldwide, tree-cavity supply can limit populations of the 10-40% of bird and mammal species that require cavities for nesting or roosting. Conservation efforts aimed at cavity-using communities have often focused on woodpeckers because, as cavity excavators, they are presumed to control cavity supply. We show that avian excavators are the primary cavity producers in North America (77% of nesting cavities), but not elsewhere (26% in Eurasia and South America; 0% in Australasia). We studied survivorship of 2805 nest cavities and found similar persistence of cavities created by woodpeckers and those created by decay in Canada, but low persistence of woodpecker-excavated cavities in Poland and Argentina. Outside of North America, the ephemeral nature of many woodpecker cavities may render most cavity-using vertebrates critically dependent on the slow formation of cavities by damage and decay. The future of most cavity-using communities will therefore be highly dependent on changing forest policies to stem the current loss of old trees.
Fil: Cockle, Kristina Louise. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Universidad Maimónides; Argentina. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Martin, Kathy. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Environment Canada; Canadá
Fil: Wesołowski, Tomasz. Wrocław University; Polonia
Materia
Decay
Tree Cavities
Woodpeckers
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spelling Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwideCockle, Kristina LouiseMartin, KathyWesołowski, TomaszDecayTree CavitiesWoodpeckershttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1In forests worldwide, tree-cavity supply can limit populations of the 10-40% of bird and mammal species that require cavities for nesting or roosting. Conservation efforts aimed at cavity-using communities have often focused on woodpeckers because, as cavity excavators, they are presumed to control cavity supply. We show that avian excavators are the primary cavity producers in North America (77% of nesting cavities), but not elsewhere (26% in Eurasia and South America; 0% in Australasia). We studied survivorship of 2805 nest cavities and found similar persistence of cavities created by woodpeckers and those created by decay in Canada, but low persistence of woodpecker-excavated cavities in Poland and Argentina. Outside of North America, the ephemeral nature of many woodpecker cavities may render most cavity-using vertebrates critically dependent on the slow formation of cavities by damage and decay. The future of most cavity-using communities will therefore be highly dependent on changing forest policies to stem the current loss of old trees.Fil: Cockle, Kristina Louise. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Universidad Maimónides; Argentina. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; ArgentinaFil: Martin, Kathy. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Environment Canada; CanadáFil: Wesołowski, Tomasz. Wrocław University; PoloniaEcological Society of America2011-09info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/80301Cockle, Kristina Louise; Martin, Kathy; Wesołowski, Tomasz; Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide; Ecological Society of America; Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment; 9; 7; 9-2011; 377-3821540-9295CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1890/110013info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1890/110013info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-10-15T15:07:02Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/80301instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-10-15 15:07:03.083CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
title Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
spellingShingle Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
Cockle, Kristina Louise
Decay
Tree Cavities
Woodpeckers
title_short Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
title_full Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
title_fullStr Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
title_full_unstemmed Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
title_sort Woodpeckers, decay, and the future of cavity-nesting vertebrate communities worldwide
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cockle, Kristina Louise
Martin, Kathy
Wesołowski, Tomasz
author Cockle, Kristina Louise
author_facet Cockle, Kristina Louise
Martin, Kathy
Wesołowski, Tomasz
author_role author
author2 Martin, Kathy
Wesołowski, Tomasz
author2_role author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Decay
Tree Cavities
Woodpeckers
topic Decay
Tree Cavities
Woodpeckers
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv In forests worldwide, tree-cavity supply can limit populations of the 10-40% of bird and mammal species that require cavities for nesting or roosting. Conservation efforts aimed at cavity-using communities have often focused on woodpeckers because, as cavity excavators, they are presumed to control cavity supply. We show that avian excavators are the primary cavity producers in North America (77% of nesting cavities), but not elsewhere (26% in Eurasia and South America; 0% in Australasia). We studied survivorship of 2805 nest cavities and found similar persistence of cavities created by woodpeckers and those created by decay in Canada, but low persistence of woodpecker-excavated cavities in Poland and Argentina. Outside of North America, the ephemeral nature of many woodpecker cavities may render most cavity-using vertebrates critically dependent on the slow formation of cavities by damage and decay. The future of most cavity-using communities will therefore be highly dependent on changing forest policies to stem the current loss of old trees.
Fil: Cockle, Kristina Louise. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Universidad Maimónides; Argentina. Provincia de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Universidad Autónoma de Entre Ríos. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Conicet - Santa Fe. Centro de Investigaciones Científicas y Transferencia de Tecnología a la Producción; Argentina
Fil: Martin, Kathy. University of British Columbia; Canadá. Environment Canada; Canadá
Fil: Wesołowski, Tomasz. Wrocław University; Polonia
description In forests worldwide, tree-cavity supply can limit populations of the 10-40% of bird and mammal species that require cavities for nesting or roosting. Conservation efforts aimed at cavity-using communities have often focused on woodpeckers because, as cavity excavators, they are presumed to control cavity supply. We show that avian excavators are the primary cavity producers in North America (77% of nesting cavities), but not elsewhere (26% in Eurasia and South America; 0% in Australasia). We studied survivorship of 2805 nest cavities and found similar persistence of cavities created by woodpeckers and those created by decay in Canada, but low persistence of woodpecker-excavated cavities in Poland and Argentina. Outside of North America, the ephemeral nature of many woodpecker cavities may render most cavity-using vertebrates critically dependent on the slow formation of cavities by damage and decay. The future of most cavity-using communities will therefore be highly dependent on changing forest policies to stem the current loss of old trees.
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