Avian abundance and reproductive success in the intermountain west: Local‐scale response to the conservation reserve program

Avian abundance and reproductive success in the intermountain west: Local‐scale response to the conservation reserve program

ABSTRACT Conversion of extensive shrubsteppe communities to cropland has greatly reduced the habitat available to grassland‐ and sagebrush‐obligate birds in the Intermountain West of the United States. In Washington State, approximately 600,000 ha of converted farmland have been planted to perennial...

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Main Authors: W. Matthew Vander Haegen, Michael A. Schroeder, Wan‐Ying Chang, Shannon M. Knapp
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-06-01
Series:Wildlife Society Bulletin
Subjects:
agriculture
Ammodramus savannarum
Conservation Reserve Program
grassland restoration
landscape effects
nest survival
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/wsb.523
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