Passerine communities and bird-habitat relationships on prescribe-burned, mixed-grass prairie in North Dakota / Elizabeth M. Madden
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TextPublication details: Bozeman, MT : Montana State University-Bozeman, 1996.Description: xii, 153 leaves : ill. ; 29 cmOnline resources: Abstract: To more effectively manage remaining native grasslands and declining populations of prairie passerine birds, linkages between disturbance regimes, vegetation, and bird abundance need to be more fully understood. Therefore I examined bird-habitat relationships on northern mixed-grass prairie at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern North Dakota, where prescribed fire has been used as a habitat management tool since the 1970's. I sampled bird abundance on upland prairie at 310 point count locations during 1993 and 1994 breeding seasons. I then measured vegetation structure and composition at each location. Complete fire histories were available for each point, with over 80% being burned 1 to 4 times in the last 15 years. Striking differences in bird species abundance were apparent among areas with different fire histories. Baird's, grasshopper, and Le Conte's sparrows,Sprague's pipits, bobolinks, and western meadowlarks were absent from unburned prairie, but were among the
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Thesis(M.S.)--Montana State University-Bozeman, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 113-118).
To more effectively manage remaining native grasslands and declining populations of prairie passerine birds, linkages between disturbance regimes, vegetation, and bird abundance need to be more fully understood. Therefore I examined bird-habitat relationships on northern mixed-grass prairie at Lostwood National Wildlife Refuge in northwestern North Dakota, where prescribed fire has been used as a habitat management tool since the 1970's. I sampled bird abundance on upland prairie at 310 point count locations during 1993 and 1994 breeding seasons. I then measured vegetation structure and composition at each location. Complete fire histories were available for each point, with over 80% being burned 1 to 4 times in the last 15 years. Striking differences in bird species abundance were apparent among areas with different fire histories. Baird's, grasshopper, and Le Conte's sparrows,Sprague's pipits, bobolinks, and western meadowlarks were absent from unburned prairie, but were among the