U.S. Forest Service
 Southern Research Station
Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Lab
Research Work Unit SRS-4159
Nacogdoches, Texas

Research Work Unit Description 2000-2005
Unit Location: Nacogdoches, Texas
Research Work Unit Title: Integrated management of wildlife habitat and timber resources
Project Leader: Ronald E. Thill, Wildlife Habitat and Silviculture Laboratory, P.O. Box 7600, SFA, Nacogdoches, TX 75962
Area of Research Applicability: Loblolly shortleaf pine-hardwood forests, longleaf pine forests, and associated streamside zones; Southern Appalachian hardwood forests
Estimated Duration: 5 years (February 2000 to February 2005)
Mission: To quantify relationships between wildlife habitat values and forest management strategies and to incorporate findings into the management planning processes.

Problem Areas

Problem 1 

 Mission Problem
Problem 2  What are the effects of forest habitat management on red-cockaded woodpeckers, other cavity nesters, and associated vertebrate and forest arthropod communities?
Problem 3  What are the effects of alternative forest management practices (especially uneven-aged management) on habitat and wildlife communities?
Problem 4 What are the effects of forest management, habitat fragmentation, and road systems on snakes and other herpetofaunal and TES species?
Problem 5  What are the effects of habitat modifications in the southern Appalachians on neotropical migratory birds?

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