Habitat use of the three-toed woodpecker in central Europe during the breeding period

Habitat prediction model for three-toed woodpecker and its implications for the conservation of biologically valuable forests

“…Similar preferences were described for this species in another biologically important area in the region -the Białowież a Forest (Walankiewicz et al, 2002;Wesołowski et al, 2005) and also reported from a scope of various European TTW populations (Fayt, 2003a;Bü tler et al, 2004a,b;Hanski and Walsh, 2004;Pechacek and d'Oleire-Oltmanns, 2004;Roberge et al, 2008).…”

The Importance of Nesting Cavity and Tree Reuse in the Three-Toed WoodpeckerPicoides tridactylusin Dynamic Forest Landscapes

“…(Short 1979, Winkler & Christie 2002, Wiebe et al 2007). Many woodpecker species, including the three-toed woodpecker, are known to excavate several unfinished cavities each spring before the actual nesting cavity is made ready (Blume 1968, Ruge 1974, Cramp 1985, Pechacek & d'Oleire-Oltmanns 2004, Pakkala et al 2006. Old, unfinished cavities can be completed even several years later and turned to nesting cavities (Blume 1968, Ivanchev 1997, Rolstad et al 2000, Matsuoka 2010).…”

“…Lawrence 1967, Moore 1995, Fisher & Wiebe 2005, great spotted woodpecker (proportions of multi-cavity trees between 8%-49%; Hågvar et al 1990, Hansson 1992, Glue & Boswell 1994, Stenberg 1996, Mazgajski 1998, and black woodpecker (25%-47%; Hågvar et al 1990, Rolstadt et al 2000, Kosiński et al 2011. Nest tree reuse has been occasional or absent in the three-toed woodpecker in central Europe (Pechacek 2001, Pechacek & d'Oleire-Oltmanns 2004, P. Pechacek pers. comm., K. Ruge pers.…”

Boreal woodpecker assemblages in recently burned forested landscapes in Alberta, Canada: Effects of post-fire harvesting and burn severity

“…The breeding-season home ranges of northern flicker (Colaptes auratus; Elchuk and Wiebe, 2003) and American three-toed woodpecker (Wiggins, 2004) are usually a few tens of ha, a pattern similar to many European small and middle-sized woodpeckers (e.g., Angelstam and Mikusiński, 1994;Pechacek and d'Oleire-Oldmanns, 2004). It is possible that there was year-to-year and/or post-fire succession variation in home range.…”