Food Habits of Southern Flying Squirrels (Glaucomys volans) Collected from Red-cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) Colonies in South Carolina

1990 ◽  
Vol 124 (1) ◽  
pp. 187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard F. Harlow ◽  
Arlene T. Doyle
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Picoides Borealis ◽  
Glaucomys Volans ◽  
Flying Squirrels ◽  
Red Cockaded Woodpecker

scholarly journals Effect of Time Elapsed after Prescribed Burning in Longleaf Pine Stands on Potential Prey of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker

1998 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kirsten C. New ◽  
James L. Hanula
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Prescribed Burning ◽  
Longleaf Pine ◽  
Pinus Palustris ◽  
Picoides Borealis ◽  
Litter Layer ◽  
Prescribed Burns ◽  
Arthropod Diversity ◽  
Pine Trees ◽  
Red Cockaded Woodpecker

Abstract The effects of dormant and growing season prescribed burns on the potential arthropod prey of the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) were studied in longleaf pine (Pinus palustris Mill.) stands on the upper Coastal Plain of South Carolina. Sampling was conducted 0, 1, 2, or 3 yr post-burn. Stands were burned once during the winters of 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994 or in the summer of 1992. Four types of traps sampled arthropods in the litter layer, the herbaceous understory, and on the bole of pine trees. Woodpecker prey abundance and biomass were sampled continuously from June 30, 1993 to June 30, 1994. Overall arthropod diversity was sampled seasonally in June, October, January, and April of the same year. The different trap types had similar arthropod diversity and evenness, but most had low faunal overlap which indicates that they effectively sampled different parts of the arthropod community. When captures from all trap and prey types were combined for each plot no significant differences were found among winter burned plots or between winter and summer burned plots. However, certain prey types were affected by burning. Among stands burned in winter, spider abundance was highest in samples from the soil/litter layer of stands burned 3 yr prior to sampling. Comparison of stands burned in winter 1992 to those burned in the summer showed that the winter 1992 burns had higher spider and ant (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) biomass on the tree boles. Spiders appeared to be the only group affected by winter burning while spiders and ants were affected by the summer burning. In general, time elapsed after the prescribed burns were applied had little effect on the primary arthropod prey of the red-cockaded woodpecker. South. J. Appl. For. 22(3):175-183.

Availability of nest sites does not limit population size of southern flying squirrels

2000 ◽  
Vol 78 (7) ◽  
pp. 1144-1149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Matthew J Brady ◽  
Thomas S Risch ◽  
F Stephen Dobson
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Population Size ◽  
Nest Site ◽  
Nest Density ◽  
Glaucomys Volans ◽  
Flying Squirrels ◽  
Nest Sites ◽  
Nest Boxes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Population Sizes

Among factors that may limit population size, nest site is generally considered important for cavity-nesting species. We tested the hypothesis that nest-site availability limits population size in the southern flying squirrel (Glaucomys volans) by examining the effect of experimentally increasing the number of nest sites. We compared population sizes before and after adding 100 nest boxes (high-quality nests, increasing overall nest density by at least about 65%) on each of three experimental sites on the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. We also compared the experimental populations with three reference (unmanipulated) sites in a paired-block experimental design. All six populations were similarly monitored with livetrapping grids, and flying squirrels readily nested in the supplemental boxes. We predicted that population size would increase where nest sites were added. No increases in population size were observed after nest boxes were added to the three experimental sites, however, nor were populations higher on the experimental sites than on the reference sites. The lack of increase in population size after nest boxes were added demonstrates that the availability of nest sites was not limiting the size of these populations.

scholarly journals Loblolly Pine (Pinus taeda) Irregular Shelterwood Stand Development and Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Management—A Case Study

1996 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-93
Author(s):  
Charles A. Gresham
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Pinus Taeda ◽  
Loblolly Pine ◽  
Basal Area ◽  
Diameter Distribution ◽  
Average Height ◽  
Picoides Borealis ◽  
Growing Seasons ◽  
Colony Site ◽  
Red Cockaded Woodpecker

Abstract The overstory and midstory of a loblolly pine (Pinus taeda) irregular shelterwood stand in the Coastal Plain of South Carolina were inventoried 17 yr after a sawtimber and pulpwood harvest and again 12 yr later. At the time of the first inventory, a dense (2482 stems ha-1), small (7.3 cm average dbh, 7.9 m average height) midstory pine population had developed underneath a relatively sparse (10.4 m² ha-1), tall (24 m)pine overstory. Although 38% of the midstory stems and 9% of the overstory stems died during the 12 yr study period, the stand was too dense to have any value as a red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) colony site even though the overstory pines survived in sufficient numbers and were large enough to provide potential cavity trees. The stand had ample basal area and stocking of pines greater than 25 cm dbh to be acceptable foraging habitat. Extrapolating the 1987 diameter distribution 12 growing seasons indicated that the midstory would continue self-thinning to 100 stems ha-1, and the overstory would grow to about 10 stems ha-1 in all dbh classes. South. J. Appl. For. 20(2):90-93.

Food Habits of Feral Hogs in Coastal South Carolina

1980 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 506 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gene W. Wood ◽  
D. Nick Roark
Keyword(s):  
South Carolina ◽  
Food Habits ◽  
Feral Hogs

Photoperiod synchronizes reproduction and growth in the southern flying squirrel,Glaucomys volans

1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 134-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa M. Lee ◽  
Irving Zucker
Keyword(s):  
Body Weight ◽  
Reproductive Condition ◽  
Glaucomys Volans ◽  
Flying Squirrel ◽  
Seasonal Rhythms ◽  
Flying Squirrels ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Natural Photoperiod ◽  
Ad Libitum ◽  
Southern Flying Squirrel

Southern flying squirrels were housed in a simulated natural photoperiod for 40°N latitude and held at a constant temperature of 23 °C with food and water provided ad libitum. Body weight and reproductive condition were monitored weekly for 2 years. Males were in reproductive condition between January and mid-August and females were in estrus from late February to mid-April and again from mid-June until early August. Young were conceived during both estrous periods and several squirrels produced two litters in the same year. Minimum body weights were recorded in adults in mid-October each year. Pups born in the spring grew more rapidly than those from summer litters, and reached puberty at 2.5 months as compared with 6–8 months of age for the summer litters. Several seasonal rhythms appear to be controlled by photoperiod in this species.

Decline of the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker (Picoides borealis) in Southeastern Oklahoma

1994 ◽  
Vol 132 (2) ◽  
pp. 275 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey F. Kelly ◽  
Sandra M. Pletschet ◽  
David M. Leslie
Keyword(s):  
Picoides Borealis ◽  
Red Cockaded Woodpecker
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