Perspectives on Piciformes: impacts on biodiversity from holes to whole landscapes

The development of tools that accurately describe relationships between woodpeckers and their environment is important for natural resource management, since woodpecker cavities can be used by a diversity of animals. We can use molecular tools to identify patterns of within-cavity diversity, and remote sensing tools can assist in characterizing the environments associated with woodpeckers and the cavities they create.  Our objectives were to: 1) use molecular methods to describe some aspects of the diversity found within cavities, 2) describe lidar-based tools that can be used to measure small structures such as cavities, and 3) explore how lidar technologies can be used to explore woodpeck…