The Long-Term Problem with Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Habitat Intervention in the Southwest

question 66

Multiple Choice

The long-term problem with red-cockaded woodpecker habitat intervention in the southwest United States is

• A) the only habitat that can support their recovery is large tracts of mature southern pine forest.
• B) the mature pine forests in which they live cannot ever be subjected to forest fire.
• C) all of the appropriate red-cockaded woodpecker habitat has already been logged or converted to agricultural land.
• D) the social organization of the red-cockaded woodpecker precludes the dispersal of reproductive individuals.
• E) what habitat remains for the red-cockaded woodpecker does not contain trees suitable for nest-cavity construction.

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