D. Craig Rudolph

Featured Publications

• Michael H MacRoberts, Barbara R. MacRoberts, D. Craig Rudolph. 2010. Vertebrate richness and biogeography in the Big Thicket of Texas
• Roger W Perry, D. Craig Rudolph, Ronald E. Thill. 2009. Reptile and amphibian responses to restoration of fire-maintained pine woodlands
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer, Josh B. Pierce, Dan Saenz, Richard N. Conner. 2009. Texas ratsnake predation on southern flying squirrels in red-cockaded woodpecker cavities
• Josh B. Pierce, Robert R. Fleet, Lance McBrayer, D. Craig. Rudolph. 2008. Use of Trees by the Texas Ratsnake (Elaphe obsoleta) in Eastern Texas
• Richard R. Schaefer, D. Craig Rudolph, Jesse F. Fagan. 2007. Winter prey caching by northern hawk owls in Minnesota

Other Publications

• Christopher M. Schalk, Toni Trees, Joshua B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph. 2018. Food habits of sympatric pitvipers from the West Gulf Coastal Plain, USA
• Roger W. Perry, D. Craig Rudolph, Ronald E. Thill. 2018. Capture-site characteristics for eastern spotted skunks in mature forests during summer
• Connor S. Adams, Josh B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph, Wade A. Ryberg, Toby J. Hibbitts. 2018. Resolving questionable records of Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana Pinesnake)
• Connor S. Adams, Wade A. Ryberg, Toby J. Hibbitts, Brian L. Pierce, Josh B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph. 2017. Evaluating effectiveness and cost of time-lapse triggered camera trapping techniques to detect terrestrial squamate diversity
• William R. Elliott, James R. Reddell, D. Craig Rudolph, G.O. Graening, Thomas S. Briggs, Darrell Ubick, Rolf L. Aalbu, Jean Krejca, Steven J. Taylor. 2017. The cave fauna of California
• Connor S. Adams, Josh B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph, Wade A. Ryberg, Toby J. Hibbitts. 2017. Pituophis ruthveni
• Josh B. Pierce, Craig Rudolph, Christopher A. Melder, Beau B. Gregory. 2016. Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana pinesnake) Reproduction/breeding phenology
• Richard R. Schaefer, Robert R. Fleet, D. Craig Rudolph, Nancy E. Koerth. 2016. Relationships between green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) and shrub-level vegetation in fire-maintained longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests of eastern Texas.
• Cathryn H. Greenberg, Roger W. Perry, Kathleen E. Franzreb, Susan C. Loeb, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph, Eric Winters, E.M. Fucik, M.A. Kwiatkowski, B.R. Parresol, J.D. Austin, G.W. Tanner. 2014. Climate change and wildlife in the southern United States: potential effects and management options
• David A. Steen, Christopher J. W. McClure, William B. Sutton, D. Craig Rudolph, Josh B. Pierce, James R. Lee, Lora L. Smith, Beau B. Gregory, Danna L. Baxley, Dirk J. Stevenson, Craig Guyer. 2014. Copperheads are common when kingsnakes are not: relationships between the abundances of a predator and one of their prey
• David A. Steen, Christopher J. W. McClure, Jean C. Brock, D. Craig Rudolph, Josh B. Pierce, James R. Lee, W. Jeffrey Humphries, Beau B. Gregory, William B. Sutton, Lora L. Smith, Danna L. Baxley, Dirk J. Stevenson, Craig Guyer. 2014. Snake co-occurrence patterns are best explained by habitat and hypothesized effects of interspecific interactions
• Barbara R. MacRoberts, Michael H. MacRoberts, D. Craig Rudolph, David W. Peterson. 2014. Floristics of ephemeral ponds in east-central Texas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Dave E. Plair, Dan Jones, J. Howard Williamson, Clifford E. Shackelford, Richard R. Schaefer, Joshua B. Pierce. 2014. Restoration and winter avian use of isolated prairies in eastern Texas
• Josh B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard R. Schaefer, Richard N. Conner, John G. Himes, C. Mike Duran, Laurence M. Hardy, Robert R. Fleet. 2014. Winter movements of Louisiana pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) in Texas and Louisiana
• Robert O. Wagner, Josh B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer, Dwayne A. Hightower. 2014. Modeling Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) habitat use in relation to soils
• David A. Steen, Dirk J. Stevenson, Jeffrey C. Beane, John D. Willson, Matthew J. Aresco, James C. Godwin, Sean P. Graham, Lora L. Smith, Jennifer M. Howze, D. Craig Rudolph, Josh B. Pierce, James R. Lee, Beau B. Gregory, John Jensen, Sierra H. Stiles, James A. Stiles, Nathan H. Nazdrowicz, Craig Guyer. 2013. Terrestrial movements of the red-bellied mudsnake (Farancia abacura) and rainbow snake (F. erytrogramma)
• Roger W. Perry, D. Craig Rudolph, Ronald E. Thill. 2012. Effects of short-rotation controlled burning on amphibians and reptiles in pine woodlands
• David A. Steen, Christopher J. W. McClure, Jean C. Brock, D. Craig Rudolph, Josh B. Pierce, James R. Lee, W. Jeffrey Humphries, Beau B. Gregory, William B. Sutton, Lora L. Smith, Danna L. Baxley, Dirk J. Stevenson, Craig Guyer. 2012. Landscape-level influences of terrestrial snake occupancy within the southeastern United States
• D. Craig Rudolph, Christopher A. Melder, Josh Pierce, Richard R. Schaefer, Beau Gregory. 2012. Diet of the Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni)
• David A. Steen, James A. Stiles, Sierra H. Stiles, Craig Guyer, Josh B. Pierce, D. Craig Rudolph, Lora L. Smith. 2011. Regina rigida (glossy crayfish snake)
• Byron S. Wilson, Susan E. Koenig, Rick van Veen, Erika Miersma, D. Craig Rudolph. 2011. Cane toads a threat to West Indian wildlife: mortality of Jamaican boas attributable to toad ingestion
• Richard R. Schaefer, D. Craig Rudolph, Jesse F. Fagan. 2011. Cooper’s hawk nest site characteristics in the Pineywoods Region
• Matthew A. Kwiatkowski, Christopher M. Somers, Ray G. Poulin, D. Craig Rudolph, Jessica Martino, Tracey D. Tuberville, Cris Hagen, Stacey L. Lance. 2010. Development and characterization of 16 microsatellite markers for the Louisiana pine snake, Pituophis ruthveni, and two congeners of conservation concern
• Robert R. Fleet, D. Craig Rudolph, J. D. Camper, J. Niederhofer. 2009. Ecological parameters of Coluber constrictor etheridgei, with comparisons to other Coluber constrictor subspecies
• Richard R. Schaefer, Robert R. Fleet, D. Craig Rudolph, Nancy E. Koerth. 2009. Habitat selection by Anolis carolinensis (green anole) in open pine forests in eastern Texas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Richard R. Schaefer, Nancy E. Koerth. 2007. Red-cockaded woodpecker foraging behavior
• Richard W. Johnson, Robert R. Fleet, Michael B. Keck, D. Craig Rudolph. 2007. Spatial ecology of the coachwhip, Masticophis flagellum (Squamata: Colubridae), in eastern Texas
• D.C. Rudolph, R.R. Schaefer, S.J. Burgdorf, M. Duran, R.N. Conner. 2007. Pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni and Pituophis mellanoleucus lodingi) hibernacula
• D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard R. Schaefer, Richard N. Conner, Ricky W. Maxey. 2006. Status of Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana pine snake)
• John G. Himes, Laurence M. Hardy, D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf. 2006. Body temperature variations of the Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) in a longleaf pine ecosystem
• John G. Himes, Laurence M. Hardy, D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf. 2006. Movement patterns and habitat selection by native and repatriated Louisiana pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni): implications for conservation
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph. 2006. Population trends of red-cockaded woodpeckers in Texas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Charles A. Ely, Richard R. Schaefer, J. Howard Williamson, Ronald E. Thill. 2006. Monarch (Danaus plexippus L. Nymphalidae) migration, nectar resources and fire regimes in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Charles A. Ely, Richard R. Schaefer, J. Howard Williamson, Ronald E. Thill. 2006. The Diana fritillary (Speyeria diana) and great spangled fritillary (S. cybele): dependence on fire in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, James R. McCormick, D. Craig Rudolph, D. Brent Burt. 2005. Rainfall, El Niño, and reproduction of red-cockaded woodpeckers
• Dale G. Brockway, Kenneth W. Outcalt, James M. Guldin, William D. Boyer, Joan L. Walker, D. Craig Rudolph, Robert B. Rummer, James P. Barnett, Shibu Jose, Jarek Nowak. 2005. Uneven-aged management of longleaf pine forests: a scientist and manager dialogue
• Ronald Mize, Robert E. Evans, Barbara R. MacRoberts, Michael H. MacRoberts, D. Craig Rudolph. 2005. Restoration of pitcher plant bogs in eastern Texas, USA
• Shirley J. Burgdorf, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer. 2005. A successful trap design for capturing large terrestrial snakes
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Robert H. Johnson. 2004. The red-cockaded woodpecker cavity tree: A very special pine
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, James R. McCormick, D. Craig Rudolph, D. Brent Burt. 2004. Group size and nest success in red-cockaded woodpeckers in the West Gulf Coastal Plain: helpers make a difference
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Jeffrey R. Walters. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker recovery: An integrated strategy
• Ronald E. Thill, D. Craig Rudolph, Nancy E. Koerth. 2004. Shortleaf pine-bluestem restoration for red-cockaded woodpeckers in the Ouachita Mountains: Implications for other taxa
• Richard R. Schaefer, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker nestling provisioning and reproduction in two different pine habitats
• Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Dawn K. Carrie, M. Stephen Best. 2004. Influence of artificial cavity age on red-cockaded woodpecker translocation success
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz, Dawn K. Carrie, N. Ross Carrie, Ricky W. Maxey, Warren G. Montague, Joe Neal, Kenneth Moore, John Skeen, Jeffrey A. Reid. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker status and management: West Gulf Coastal Plain and Interior Highlands
• D. Craig Rudolph, R. R. Schaefer, D. Saenz, R. N. Conner. 2004. Arboreal behavior in the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, in eastern Texas
• Richard R. Schaefer, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker nutritional status in relation to habitat: Evidence from ptilochronology and body mass
• Richard R. Schaefer, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz. 2004. Composition of mixed-species foraging flocks associated with red-cockaded woodpeckers
• Richard N. Conner, Christopher S. Collins, Daniel Saenz, Toni Trees, Richard R. Schaefer, D. Craig Rudolph. 2004. Arthropod density and biomass in longleaf pines: effects of pine age and hardwood midstory
• Marc J. Ealy, Robert R. Fleet, D. Craig Rudolph. 2004. Diel activity patterns of the Louisiana pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) in eastern Texas
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph. 2004. The red-cockaded woodpecker: interactions with fire, snags, fungi, rat snakes and pileated woodpeckers
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer. 2004. Extent of Phellinus pini decay in loblolly pines and red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees in eastern Texas.
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, Shirley J. Burgdorf. 2003. Growth rates and post-release survival of captive neonate timber rattlesnakes Crotalus horridus
• Richard N. Conner, Robert H. Johnson, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz. 2003. Do red-cockaded woodpeckers select cavity trees based on chemical composition of pine resin?
• D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard N. Conner, Christopher S. Collins, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer, Toni Trees, C. Michael Duran, Marc Ealy, John G. Himes. 2002. Prey handling and diet of Louisiana pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) and black pine snakes (P. melanoleucus lodingi), with comparisons to other selected colubrid snakes
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Richard R. Schaefer. 2002. Red-cockaded woodpecker foraging behavior in relation to midstory vegetation
• Richard N. Conner, Clifford E. Shackelford, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph. 2002. Avian community response to southern pine ecosystem restoration for red-cockaded woodpeckers
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer. 2002. Does the availability of artificial cavities affect cavity excavation rates in red-cockaded woodpeckers?
• Daniel Saenz, Kristen A. Baum, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Ralph Costa. 2002. Large-scale translocation strategies for reintroducing red-cockaded woodpeckers
• John G. Himes, Laurence M. Hardy, D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf. 2002. Growth rates and mortality of the Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni)
• Roger W. Perry, Raymond E. Brown, D. Craig Rudolph. 2001. Mutual mortality of great horned owl and southern black racer: a potential risk of raptors preying on snakes
• Daniel Saenz, Richard N. Conner, Christopher S. Collins, D. Craig Rudolph. 2001. Initial and long-term use of inserts by red-cockaded woodpeckers
• Richard N. Conner, James M. McCormick, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph. 2001. A red-cockaded woodpecker group with two simultaneous nest trees
• Daniel Saenz, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, R. Todd Engstrom. 2001. Is a "hands-off" approach appropriate for red-cockaded woodpecker conservation in twenty-first-century landscapes?
• D. Craig Rudolph, Charles A. Ely. 2000. The influence of fire on lepidopteran abundance and community structure in forested habitats of eastern Texas
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz, Clifford E. Shackelford. 1999. Relationships among red-cockaded woodpecker group density, nestling provisioning rates, and habitat
• N. Ross Carrie, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Dawn K. Carrie. 1999. Reintroduction and postrelease movements of red-cockaded woodpecker groups in eastern Texas
• Robert N. Coulson, Maria D. Guzman, Karen Skordinski, Jeffrey W. Fitzgerald, Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Forrest L. Oliveria, Douglas F. Wunneburger, Paul E. Pulley. 1999. Forest landscapes: Their effect on the interaction of the southern pine beetle and red-cockaded woodpecker
• D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard N. Conner, James G. Dickson. 1998. The impact of roads on the timber rattlesnake (Crotalus horridus) in eastern Texas
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph, William G. Ross, David L. Kulhavy. 1998. Red-cockaded woodpecker nest-cavity selection: relationships with cavity age and resin production
• Daniel Saenz, Richard N. Conner, Clifford E. Shackelford, D. Craig Rudolph. 1998. Pileated woodpecker damage to red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees in eastern Texas
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph, Robert N. Coulson. 1998. Southern pine beetle-induced mortality of pines with natural and artificial red-cockaded woodpecker cavities in Texas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, Richard R. Schaefer, Richard N. Conner, Robert T. Zappalorth. 1998. Snake mortality associated with late season radio-transmitter implantation
• D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf, John C. Tull, Marc Ealy, Richard N. Conner, Richard R. Schaefer, Robert R. Fleet. 1998. Avoidance of fire by Louisiana pine snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Robert N. Coulson. 1997. The red-cockaded woodpecker's role in the southern pine ecosystem, population trends and relationships with southern pine beetles
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard R. Schaefer, Daniel Saenz. 1997. Long-distance dispersal of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Texas
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer. 1997. Species using red-cockaded woodpecker cavities in eastern Texas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Shirley J. Burgdorf. 1997. Timber rattlesnakes and Louisiana pine snakes of the West Gulf Coastal Plain: hypotheses of decline
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer. 1996. Red-cockaded woodpecker nesting success, forest structure, and southern flying squirrels in Texas
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner. 1996. Red-cockaded woodpeckers and silvicultural practice: is uneven-aged silviculture preferable to even-aged?
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph. 1995. Losses of red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees to southern pine beetles
• Richard N. Conner, Daniel Saenz, D. Craig Rudolph. 1995. Fauna using nest boxes in four timber types in eastern Texas
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph. 1994. Red-cockaded woodpecker population trends and management on Texas national forests
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, Daniel Saenz, Richard R. Schaefer. 1994. Heartwood, sapwood, and fungal decay associated with red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner. 1994. Forest fragmentation and Red-cockaded Woodpecker population: an analysis at intermediate scale
• D. Craig Rudolph, Charles D. Fisher. 1993. Swainson's hawk predation on dragonflies in Argentina
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Dawn K. Carrie, Richard R. Schaefer. 1992. Experimental reintroduction of red-cockaded woodpeckers
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner. 1991. Cavity tree selection by red-cockaded woodpeckers in relation to tree age
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph. 1991. Forest habitat loss, fragmentation, and red-cockaded woodpecker populations
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph, David L. Kulhavy, Ann E. Snow. 1991. Causes of mortality of red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph. 1991. Effects of midstory reduction and thinning in red-cockaded woodpecker cavity tree clusters
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Richard R. Schaefer. 1991. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers feeding at red-cockaded woodpecker resin wells
• Richard R. Schaefer, D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner. 1991. The response of adult red-cockaded woodpeckers to a fallen nestling
• J. David Ligon, Wilson W. Baker, Richard N. Conner, Jerome A. Jackson, Frances C. James, D. Craig Rudolph, Peter B. Stacey, Jeffrey R. Walters. 1991. The conservation crisis: the Red-cockaded Woodpecker: on the road to oblivion?
• D. Craig Rudolph, Howard Kyle, Richard N. Conner. 1990. Red-cockaded woodpeckers vs rat snakes: the effectiveness of the resin barrier
• D. Craig Rudolph, Richard N. Conner, Janet Turner. 1990. Competition for red-cockaded woodpecker roost and nest cavities: effects of resin age and entrance diameter
• D. Craig Rudolph, James G. Dickson. 1990. Streamside zone width and amphibian and reptile abundance
• Richard N. Conner, D. Craig Rudolph. 1989. Red-cockaded woodpecker colony status and trends on the Angelina, Davy Crockett and Sabine national forests
• Brent Ortego, Richard N. Conner, Craig Rudolph. 1988. Status of the Red-cockaded Woodpecker in Texas, 1985-1987

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