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Woodpecker Acknowledgments

Last Updated: February 17, 2008 | Related resource areas: Wildlife Damage Management

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Bibliography and Print Resources

Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus (left); downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens (right).
Red-headed woodpecker, Melanerpes erythrocephalus (left); downy woodpecker, Picoides pubescens (right).

Carlton, R. L. 1976. Woodpeckers and houses. Coop. Ext. Serv., Univ. Georgia, College of Agric. Leaflet 239. 6 pp.

Craven, S. R. 1984. Woodpeckers: A serious suburban problem? Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 11:204-210.

Dennis, J. V. 1967. Damage by golden-fronted and ladder-backed woodpeckers to fence and utility poles in South Texas. Wilson Bull. 79:75-88.

Evans, D., J. L. Byford, and R. H. Wainberg. 1984. A characterization of woodpecker damage to houses in East Tennessee. Proc. Eastern Wildl. Damage Control Conf. 1:325-330.

Gorenzel, W. P., and T. P. Salmon. 1982. The cliff swallow — biology and control. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 10:179-185.

Henderson, F. R., and C. Lee. 1992. Woodpeckers. Coop. Ext. Serv. Kansas State Univ., Manhattan. Leaflet L-866. 5 pp.

Jackson, J. A., and E. E. Hoover. 1975. A potentially harmful effect of suet on woodpeckers. Bird-Banding46:131-134.

Linn, J. W. 1982. Woodpeckers. Pest Control 50(6):28, 30.

Marsh, R. E., and W. E. Howard. 1990. Vertebrate Pests. Pages 771-831 in A. Mallis, ed. Handbook of pest control 7th ed. Franzak and Foster Co., Cleveland, Ohio.

Stemmerman, L. A. 1988. Observation of woodpecker damage to electrical distribution line poles in Missouri. Proc. Vertebr. Pest Conf. 13:260-265.

US Fish and Wildlife Service. 1978. Controlling woodpeckers. US Dep. Inter., Fish Wildl. Serv. ADC 101. 4 pp.

Images and Illustrations

Figures 1 and 2 by Emily Oseas Routman.

Figure 3 from W. P. Gorenzel and T. P. Salmon (1982).

Figure 4 by Renee Lanik, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.


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Acknowledgments

Information used in this section draws upon the author’s personal experience and a variety of scientific and applied references and extension leaflets.

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