Decayed Wood Advisor

For Structural Condition: Larger Trees, Small/medium Trees
For Habitat: Westside Lowland Conifer-Hardwood Forest OR Coast, Westside Lowland Conifer-Hardwood Forest OR W Cascades, Westside Lowland Conifer-Hardwood Forest WA Coast, Westside Lowland Conifer-Hardwood Forest WA W Cascades

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Literature and Studies for Snags

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Species Code: PIWO Species Name: Pileated woodpecker
Decay Class:   Stand Age Or Structure: For used plots: 17% old forest; 28% mature, 42% young, 14% pole/sapling
Geographic Area: southeastern Vancouver Island Comments: Foraging sites, n=23, includes snags and defective trees; plot size 0.4ha; higher snag level at used sites than unused sites (n=36), Mann-Whitney U-test (p<0.01for volume); snag basal area at unused plots: 3.5 m^2/ha (1.3 SE); Data not used; no conversion from basal area to snags/ha.
Citation: Hartwig 1999 Structural Detail (Specific Structure):  
Specified Name in Citation: Pileated woodpecker Habitat Type Details(Specifics):  
Snag/Partially Dead tree level: mean basal area (SE) 7.5 m^2/ha (1.1) Snag/Tree DBH: minimum measured 20 cm
Snag/Tree Height: minimum measured 1 m Snag/Tree Species: various