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The effects of habitat-management practices in coastal marshes have been poorly evaluated. We summarize the extant literature concerning whether these manipulations achieve their goals and the effects of these manipulations on target (i.e., waterfowl and waterfowl food plants) and non-target organisms (particularly coastal-marsh endemics). Although we focus on the effects of marsh management on birds, we also summarize the scant literature concerning the impacts of marsh manipulations on wildlife such as small mammals and invertebrates. We address three common forms of anthropogenic marsh disturbance: prescribed fire, structural marsh management, and open-marsh water management. We also address marsh perturbations by native and introduced vertebrates. © 2006 The Cooper Ornithological Society. Abstract reproduced by permission.
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- Agelaius phoeniceus
- Aimophila
- Ammodramus maritimus
- Asio flammeus
- birds
- Botaurus lentiginosus
- Chen caerulescens
- Circus cyaneus
- Cistothorus
- coastal forests
- conservation
- disturbance
- disturbance
- evolution
- Falco peregrinus
- fire frequency
- fire management
- fire suppression
- Fulica americana
- Geothlypis trichas
- impoundment
- insects
- invertebrates
- Ixobrychus exilis
- land management
- lightning caused fires
- litter
- livestock
- mammals
- marsh endemic
- marsh management
- marshes
- Melospiza georgiana
- mosquito control
- nongame birds
- open-marsh water management
- population density
- raptors
- small mammals
- Sterna
- structural marsh management
- water
- waterfowl
- watershed management
- watersheds
- wildlife
- wildlife habitat management
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