Wildlife diversity of restored shortleaf pine-oak woodlands in the northern Ozarks (2007)Mann, C. S., & Forbes, A. R. (2007). Wildlife diversity of restored shortleaf pine-oak woodlands in the northern Ozarks. Northern Research Station, General Technical Report NRS-P-15. Retrieved from http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12866 Historic changes in land use have altered the plant composition and structure of shortleaf pine-oak woodlands in the northern Ozarks. As a result, the composition of wildlife communities in these landscapes has shifted to species that are more associated with closed canopy oak forests. For example, the red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) has been extirpated from much of its former range in the Ozarks, and the pine buck moth (Hemileuca maia) has declined in numbers, while other species associated with closed canopy forests have become more abundant http://www.treesearch.fs.fed.us/pubs/12866
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