Jonathan G. P. Dudley

Ecologist

Phone: (208) 373-4378
Fax: (208) 373-4391

e-mail:jdudley@fs.fed.us

Address
Rocky Mountain Research Station
Boise Aquatic Sciences Lab
322 East Front St. Suite 401
Boise ID 83702

Education:
B.S., Wildlife Biology, Washington State University
M.S., Biology, Boise State University

Research interests:
Effects of wildfire and salvage logging on the ecology of cavity-nesting birds. Response by plant communities to wildfire and prescribed burning in Ponderosa Pine/Douglas-Fir Forests. Influences of spatial scale and habitat management on riparian and forest bird communities. Home range size and foraging habitat of Black-Backed Woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) in burned forests.

Abbreviated Vitae

CAREER GOALS

• Contribute to research and conservation of natural resources.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Effects of wildfire, prescribed fire, and salvage logging on the ecology of cavity-nesting birds.
• Response by plant communities to wildfire and prescribed burning in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests.
• Influences of spatial scale and habitat management on forest songbird communities.
• Home range size and foraging habitat of black-backed woodpeckers (Picoides arcticus) in burned forests.
• Nest survival of Lewis's woodpeckers (Melanerpes lewis) in burned forests.

REALIZED MAJOR RESEARCH OUTPUTS

• Dudley, J.G. 2005. Home range size and foraging habitat of black-backed woodpeckers. Boise State University, ID. Thesis. PDF
• Saab, V., J. Dudley, and W. Thompson. 2004. Factors influencing occupancy of nest cavities in recently burned forests. Condor 106:20-36. PDF
• Dudley, J., and V. Saab. 2003. A field protocol to monitor cavity-nesting birds. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Research Paper RMRS-RP-44. PDF
• Saab, V., R. Brannon, J. Dudley, L. Donohoo, D. Vanderzanden, V. Johnson, and H. Lachowski. 2002. Selection of fire-created snags at two spatial scales by cavity-nesting birds. In: Shea, P.J., W.F. Laudenslayer, Jr., B. Valentine, C.P. Weatherspoon, and T.E. Lisle (editors). Proceedings of the symposium on the ecology and management of dead wood in western forests, Reno, NV. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station, PSW-GTR-181. PDF
• Saab, V.A., and J. Dudley. 1998. Responses of cavity-nesting birds to stand-replacement fire and salvage logging in ponderosa pine/Douglas-fir forests of southwestern Idaho. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Research Paper RMRS-RP-11. PDF
• Clary, W.P., N.L. Shaw, J.G. Dudley, V.A. Saab, J.W. Kinney, and L.C. Smithman. 1996. Response of a depleted sagebrush steppe riparian system to grazing control and woody plantings. USDA Forest Service, Intermountain Research Station, Research Paper INT-RP-492.

ANTICIPATED OUTCOME OF CURRENT EFFORTS

• Understand the long-term effects of salvage logging and plant succession on cavity-nesting birds following stand-replacement wildfire.
• Provide management recommendations on the home range size and foraging habitat of black-backed woodpeckers.
• Describe factors influencing nest survival of Lewis's woodpeckers.