Resources

Cavity nesting birds and their conservation status in the USA

Taking the Defect out of Tree Risk Assessment by David Evans

Tree Care for Wildlife Best Management Practices in California

Preventing Harm to Widlife During Tree Care

Preventing harm to wildlife during tree care (Spanish)

Trimming Trees in which Nest Boxes Hang

The Role of Arborists in Providing Wildlife Habitat and Landscape Linkages Throughout the Urban Forest, Dunster 1998

Mistletoe: Where and How Much is at the Crux of its Ecological Role

The Dying Tree, Nature’s Legacy  

A Dead Tree is much more than a nursery

A Quick Guide to Selecting Wildlife Trees

How to prevent harm to wildlife before removing a dead tree

Wildlife Habitat Tree Decision Model

Wildlife Habitat in Urban Areas

Conservation Arboriculture for the Western Arborist

Woodpeckers and Arborists:  Two Keystone Roles in Conservation Arboriculture  MARTIN SUMMER 2018

A Wildlife Photographer’s Journal of a Dying Tree by Gillian Martin.  Western Arborist Winter 2021

What Tree Makes a Good Snag?

A Dead Tree is much more than a nursery

A Quick Guide to Selecting Wildlife Trees

Wildlife Habitat Tree Decision Model

How to transplant a snag

The Dying Tree, Nature’s Bequest (for park rangers)

A New View of Dying Trees (for golf course superintendents)

How to enhance golf course habitat

Is Your Backyard Bluebird Nest Box a Tragedy in the Making?

Death By Pipe: Birds In Crisis

Mass Tree Mortality, Fuels and Fire

Books for Adults:

Shunk, Stephen A.  Peterson Reference Guide to Woodpeckers of North America

Furnish, Jim. Toward A Natural Forest

DellaSala, Dominick A., and Hanson, Chad T.  The Ecological importance of Mixed-Severit Fires

Gil, Diego and Brumn, Henrik.  Avian Urban Ecology.  Behavioural and Physiological Adaptations

Marzluff, John M.  Welcome to Subirdia

Books for Youth

A Log’s Life by Wendy Pfeffer
Around One Log by Anthony D. Fredericks
A Grand Old Tree by Mary Newell Depalma
One Small Place In a Tree by Barbara Brenner
The Tree In The Ancient Forest by Carol Reed-Jones
Cactus Hotel by Brenda Z. Guiberson
Swallows In The Birdhouse by Stephen R. Swinburne
Woodpecker Wham by April Pulley Sayre
Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks by Melissa Stewart and Amy Havron
Explore the author’s educational resources: Tree Hole Homes: Daytime Dens and Nighttime Nooks a book by Melissa Stewart and Amy Hevron (bookshop.org)

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