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, 2005 The South Carolina Department of Natural Resources published guides to many threatened animals living in the state. This guide gives information about grassland birds, including description, status, habitat, conservation challenges & recommendations ...
Cely, John E., Barnhill, Laurel Moore
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Conservation Science and PracticeObligate grassland birds have declined dramatically across North America, primarily due to habitat loss and agricultural intensification. The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) compensates landowners for converting cropland to grassland or maintaining ...
Tom A. Langen +5 more
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Modeling the distribution of migratory bird stopovers to inform landscape-scale siting of wind development. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Conservation of migratory birds requires understanding the distribution of and potential threats to their migratory habitats. However, although migratory birds are protected under international treaties, few maps have been available to represent ...
Amy Pocewicz +5 more
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Habitat Associations of Migrating and Overwintering Grassland Birds in Southern Texas [PDF]
, 1999 We report on the habitat associations of 21 species of grassland birds over- wintering in or migrating through southern Texas, during 1991-1992 and 1992-1993.
Ballard, Bart +3 more
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The Influence of Grazing Systems on Bird Species Richness and Density in the Nebraska Sandhills
Diversity, 2023 Grazing is the de facto method of habitat management used in much of the Nebraska Sandhills. Ranchers use a variety of grazing systems, and our goal was to evaluate the effects of systems on grassland birds.
Silka L. F. Kempema +2 more
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Discover ConservationThe structure of vegetation significantly impacts grassland birds. In temperate Southeastern South America (SESA), different cattle grazing practices shape grassland vegetation structure, influencing bird abundance and richness. We studied SESA grassland
Facundo Niklison +2 more
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Grassland birds and dairy farms in the northeastern United States
Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2014 Although grassland birds are declining throughout their North American range, and these declines are associated with agricultural land conversion or intensification, no broad‐scale market‐based conservation plan has been enacted.
Noah G. Perlut
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Agricultural Set-aside Programs and Grassland Birds: Insights from Broad-scale Population Trend
Landscape Online, 2008 The Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) is a voluntary set-aside program in the United States designed to ameliorate soil erosion, control crop overproduction, enhance water quality, and provide wildlife habitat by replacing crops with other forms of land
Samuel Keith Riffell +2 more
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Effect of highways on breeding birds: Example of Hulunbeier, China
Global Ecology and Conservation, 2021 Roads have diverse influences on surrounding biodiversity, especially birds. Here, we evaluated the ecological influences of a highway on avian diversity in the Erka Wetland Reserve (Inner Mongolia, China) to guide future road construction projects. Here,
Shilin Xie +8 more
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Avian Conservation and Ecology, 2016 Grassland birds are highly imperiled because of historical habitat loss and ongoing conversion of grasslands to agricultural and urban land uses. Therefore, prioritizing and further justifying conservation action in remaining grasslands is critical to ...
Chad B. Wilsey +2 more
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