Accession Number:

ADA379281

Title:

Assessment of Training Noise Impacts on the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker: 1999 Results

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.

Corporate Author:

CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING RESEARCH LAB (ARMY) CHAMPAIGN IL

Personal Author(s):

• Delaney, David K.
• Pater, Larry L.
• Hayden, Timothy J.
• Swindell, Linton
• Beaty, Tim

Report Date:

2000-05-01

Pagination or Media Count:

142.0

Abstract:

It is estimated that nearly a quarter of the remaining Red-cockaded Woodpecker RCW population resides on military installations in the southeastern United States. Such a close association has raised questions about the interaction between training and the conservation of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers on military land. Increased importance has been placed on determining how noise affects these species. This report presents second year results of a multiyear study to determine the effects of certain kinds of training noise on the endangered Red-cockaded Woodpecker. Preliminary data suggest that measured levels of experimental noise from .50-caliber blank fire and artillery simulators did not affect RCW nesting success or productivity Red-cockaded Woodpecker flush frequency increased as stimulus distance decreased, regardless of stimulus type woodpeckers returned to their nests relatively quickly after being flushed and noise levels in Red-cockaded Woodpecker nest cavities were substantially louder than levels recorded at the base of the nest tree.

Descriptors:

• *BIRDS
• *ECOLOGY
• MILITARY FACILITIES
• ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
• ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
• ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
• ENDANGERED SPECIES
• WILDLIFE
• LAND AREAS
• NOISE(SOUND)
• NESTING(ANIMALS)

Subject Categories:

• Biology
• Radiobiology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE