Southern
Research Station

Education

M.S. in Biology, 1996

Stephen F. Austin State University

B.S. in Biology, 1989

Stephen F. Austin State University

Featured Publications and Products

• Schaefer, Richard R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Fagan, Jesse F. 2007. Winter prey caching by northern hawk owls in Minnesota.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Koerth, Nancy E. 2007. Red-cockaded woodpecker foraging behavior.
• Rudolph, D.C.; Schaefer, R.R.; Burgdorf, S.J.; Duran, M.; Conner, R.N. 2007. Pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni and Pituophis mellanoleucus lodingi) hibernacula.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Ely, Charles A.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Williamson, J. Howard; Thill, Ronald E. 2006. The Diana fritillary (Speyeria diana) and great spangled fritillary (S. cybele): dependence on fire in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.

Publications

• Schaefer, Richard R.; Koenig, Susan E.; Graves, Gary R.; Rudolph, D. Craig. 2019. Observations of Jamaican crows (Corvus jamaicensis) mobbing Jamaican boas (Chilabothrus subflavus).
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Fleet, Robert R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Koerth, Nancy E. 2016. Relationships between green anoles (Anolis carolinensis) and shrub-level vegetation in fire-maintained longleaf pine (Pinus palustris) forests of eastern Texas.
• Wagner, Robert O.; Pierce, Josh B.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Schaefer, Richard R.; Hightower, Dwayne A. 2014. Modeling Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni) habitat use in relation to soils.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Plair, Dave E.; Jones, Dan; Williamson, J. Howard; Shackelford, Clifford E.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Pierce, Joshua B. 2014. Restoration and winter avian use of isolated prairies in eastern Texas.
• Pierce, Josh B.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Burgdorf, Shirley J.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Conner, Richard N.; Himes, John G.; Duran, C. Mike; Hardy, Laurence M.; Fleet, Robert R. 2014. Winter movements of Louisiana pine snakes (Pituophis ruthveni) in Texas and Louisiana.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Melder, Christopher A.; Pierce, Josh; Schaefer, Richard R.; Gregory, Beau. 2012. Diet of the Louisiana pine snake (Pituophis ruthveni).
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Fagan, Jesse F. 2011. Cooper’s hawk nest site characteristics in the Pineywoods Region.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Schaefer, Richard R.; Pierce, Josh B.; Saenz, Dan; Conner, Richard N. 2009. Texas ratsnake predation on southern flying squirrels in red-cockaded woodpecker cavities.
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Fagan, Jesse F. 2006. Commensal foraging by a fan-tailed warbler (Euthlypis lachrymosa) with a nine-banded armadillo (Dasypus nocemcinctus) in southwestern Mexico.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Ely, Charles A.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Williamson, J. Howard; Thill, Ronald E. 2006. Monarch (Danaus plexippus L. Nymphalidae) migration, nectar resources and fire regimes in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Burgdorf, Shirley J.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Conner, Richard N.; Maxey, Ricky W. 2006. Status of Pituophis ruthveni (Louisiana pine snake).
• Burgdorf, Shirley J.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Saenz, Daniel; Schaefer, Richard R. 2005. A successful trap design for capturing large terrestrial snakes.
• Conner, Richard N.; Shackelford, Clifford E.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Saenz, Daniel. 2005. The effects of fire suppression on Bachman's sparrows in upland pine forests of eastern Texas.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Schaefer, R. R.; Saenz, D.; Conner, R. N. 2004. Arboreal behavior in the timber rattlesnake, Crotalus horridus, in eastern Texas.
• Conner, Richard N.; Collins, Christopher S.; Saenz, Daniel; Trees, Toni; Schaefer, Richard R.; Rudolph, D. Craig. 2004. Arthropod density and biomass in longleaf pines: effects of pine age and hardwood midstory.
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Saenz, Daniel. 2004. Composition of mixed-species foraging flocks associated with red-cockaded woodpeckers.
• Conner, Richard N.; Saenz, Daniel; Rudolph, D. Craig; Schaefer, Richard R. 2004. Extent of Phellinus pini decay in loblolly pines and red-cockaded woodpecker cavity trees in eastern Texas.
• Conner, Richard N.; Saenz, Daniel; Schaefer, Richard R.; McCormick, James R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Burt, D. Brent. 2004. Group size and nest success in red-cockaded woodpeckers in the West Gulf Coastal Plain: helpers make a difference.
• Saenz, Daniel; Schaefer, Richard R.; Conner, Richard N.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Carrie, Dawn K.; Best, M. Stephen. 2004. Influence of artificial cavity age on red-cockaded woodpecker translocation success.
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Conner, Richard N.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Saenz, Daniel. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker nestling provisioning and reproduction in two different pine habitats.
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Saenz, Daniel. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker nutritional status in relation to habitat: Evidence from ptilochronology and body mass.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Saenz, Daniel; Carrie, Dawn K.; Carrie, N. Ross; Maxey, Ricky W.; Montague, Warren G.; Neal, Joe; Moore, Kenneth; Skeen, John; Reid, Jeffrey A. 2004. Red-cockaded woodpecker status and management: West Gulf Coastal Plain and Interior Highlands.
• Conner, Richard N.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Saenz, Daniel; Schaefer, Richard R.; Burgdorf, Shirley J. 2003. Growth rates and post-release survival of captive neonate timber rattlesnakes Crotalus horridus.
• Conner, Richard N.; Shackelford, Clifford E.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Saenz, Daniel; Rudolph, D. Craig. 2002. Avian community response to southern pine ecosystem restoration for red-cockaded woodpeckers.
• Conner, Richard N.; Saenz, Daniel; Rudolph, D. Craig; Schaefer, Richard R. 2002. Does the availability of artificial cavities affect cavity excavation rates in red-cockaded woodpeckers?.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Burgdorf, Shirley J.; Conner, Richard N.; Collins, Christopher S.; Saenz, Daniel; Schaefer, Richard R.; Trees, Toni; Duran, C. Michael; Ealy, Marc; Himes, John G. 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.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Schaefer, Richard R. 2002. Red-cockaded woodpecker foraging behavior in relation to midstory vegetation.
• Conner, Richard N.; McCormick, James M.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Saenz, Daniel; Rudolph, D. Craig. 2001. A red-cockaded woodpecker group with two simultaneous nest trees.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Burgdorf, Shirley J.; Tull, John C.; Ealy, Marc; Conner, Richard N.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Fleet, Robert R. 1998. Avoidance of fire by Louisiana pine snakes, Pituophis melanoleucus ruthveni.
• Schaefer, Richard R. 1998. First county records of red crossbill in the pineywoods region of eastern Texas.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Burgdorf, Shirley J.; Schaefer, Richard R.; Conner, Richard N.; Zappalorth, Robert T. 1998. Snake mortality associated with late season radio-transmitter implantation.
• Conner, Richard N.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Schaefer, Richard R.; Saenz, Daniel. 1997. Long-distance dispersal of Red-cockaded Woodpeckers in Texas.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Carrie, Dawn K.; Schaefer, Richard R. 1992. Experimental reintroduction of red-cockaded woodpeckers.
• Schaefer, Richard R.; Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N. 1991. The response of adult red-cockaded woodpeckers to a fallen nestling.
• Rudolph, D. Craig; Conner, Richard N.; Schaefer, Richard R. 1991. Yellow-bellied sapsuckers feeding at red-cockaded woodpecker resin wells.

Research Highlights

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