For fire-dependent woodpeckers, megafires are too intense
Species like the black-backed woodpecker historically have relied on landscapes shaped by high-intensity forest fires, but researchers recently found the intense ...
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Tapping into private landowners for bird diversity
Privately owned forests in Costa Rica may support just as much bird biodiversity as protected forests, according to new research. Daniel Karp, an assistant ...
25 years after Northwest Forest Plan, birds still declining
In the 25 years since the Northwest Forest Plan was initiated, bird species still are not recovering, researchers found, despite sweeping protections the plan ...
In a protected forest, why did the birds disappear?
The William L. Hutcheson Memorial Forest is a rare piece of land in New Jersey. Set aside by Dutch settlers in 1701, it is an uncut tract of old growth oak and ...
For birds, the trail less travelled makes all the difference
The presence of humans on trails — not the trails themselves — cause the most disturbance to forest birds, according to recent research. In a study published in ...
Restoration of Pine-Oak Woodlands in Missouri — from The Wildlife Professional
Using Science to Inform Land Management Debates and Decisions On a warm July day in 2014, our group headed out to a field tour on the Mark Twain National Forest. ...
JWM: Agriculture may improve white-tailed fawn survival
White-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) fawns have a better chance of avoiding mortality on agricultural land than they do in forests, according to new research. ...
Northeast Section releases position on forest management
The Northeast Section of The Wildlife Society has released a new position statement titled Managing for Biodiversity in Northeastern Forests. Approved last month, ...
JWM study: West Nile could be impacting Pennsylvania grouse
A new study from Pennsylvania suggests that the West Nile virus may be partly to blame for the decline of ruffed grouse and could be undermining efforts to restore ...
JWM study: Lasers help map red tree vole habitat in Oregon
Lasers can shed light on where even small species live on the landscape and help wildlife managers plan for their conservation, a new study shows. Researchers used ...