Avian Response to Mid-contract Management of Conservation Reserve Program Fields
| Autor: | Scott E. Wessel, Craig A. Davis, Lucas P. Negus |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
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| Zdroj: | The American Midland Naturalist. 164:296-310 |
| ISSN: | 1938-4238 0003-0031 |
| Popis: | Throughout the Midwestern U.S., grassland birds have been declining faster than any other group of birds, with the main cause for these declines being the extensive loss of native prairies. During the last 25 y, surrogate grasslands, such as Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) lands, have become increasingly important as an alternative habitat for grassland birds. However, many CRP grasslands that once provided excellent habitat are now dominated by monculture stands of grass, resulting in a less diverse habitat that has reduced wildlife benefits. In summer 2002, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission and Pheasants Forever partnered with the United States Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency and Natural Resource Conservation Service to initiate a program that promotes disking and interseeding legumes as a mid-contract management practice in CRP fields. The objectives of this study were to determine grassland bird abundance and nest-productivity in disked and interseeded CRP fields and e... |
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