Private lands habitat programs benefit California's native birds
| Autor: | Catherine M. Hickey, Nathaniel E. Seavy, Ryan T. DiGaudio, Kimberly E. Kreitinger, Thomas Gardali |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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agricultural management
Wildlife Wetland environmental programs lcsh:Agriculture Natural Resources Riparian forest lcsh:Agriculture (General) Riparian zone agricultural land agricultural management animal ecology bioinformatics environmental programs natural history natural resource management Natural Resources zoology geography geography.geographical_feature_category Agroforestry Animal Science and Animal Products zoology General Engineering lcsh:S bioinformatics Biological Sciences Natural resource lcsh:S1-972 Farms and Farming Systems agricultural land Habitat Animal ecology natural history natural resource management Earth and Environmental Sciences Species richness animal ecology |
| Zdroj: | California Agriculture, Vol 69, Iss 04, Pp 210-220 (2015) DiGaudio, Ryan T; Kreitinger, Kimberly E; Hickey, Catherine M; Seavy, Nathaniel E; & Gardali, Thomas. (2015). Private lands habitat programs benefit California's native birds. California Agriculture, 69(4). doi: 10.3733/ca.v069n04p210. Retrieved from: http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/5g75w20n |
| ISSN: | 2160-8091 0008-0845 |
| DOI: | 10.3733/ca.v069n04p210. |
| Popis: | To address the loss of wetlands and riparian forests in California, private lands habitat programs are available through U.S. federal and state government agencies to help growers, ranchers and other private landowners create and enhance wildlife habitat. The programs provide financial and technical assistance for implementing conservation practices. To evaluate the benefits of these programs for wildlife, we examined bird use of private wetlands, postharvest flooded croplands and riparian forests enrolled in habitat programs in the Central Valley and North Coast regions of California. We found that private Central Valley wetlands supported 181 bird species during the breeding season. During fall migration, postharvest flooded croplands supported wetland-dependent species and a higher density of shorebirds than did semipermanent wetlands. At the riparian sites, bird species richness increased after restoration. These results demonstrated that the programs provided habitat for the species they were designed to protect; a variety of resident and migratory bird species used the habitats, and many special status species were recorded at the sites. |
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