Abstract
Managers often must evaluate an array of enhancement proposals for endangered species. We present a male-only, stage-based matrix model to assess potential effects of various management techniques used to enhance red-cockaded woodpecker (Picoides borealis) populations. We analyzed the elasticity of population growth to changes in each matrix parameter and predicted the population-level effects of 5 proposed management techniques that affect stage-specific survival, growth, and fecundity. Maintaining existing habitat and increasing the number of nesting cavities in unoccupied, but suitable, habitat are most likely to help restore declining populations
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