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Raptor abundance and northern bobwhite survival and habitat use
Turner, Hernandez, Boal, Ballard, Bryant, Wester
Predation risk has a profound influence on prey behavior and habitat use. The Rio Grande Plains ecoregion of Texas, USA, provides a unique opportunity to investigate changes in prey behavior because the ecoregion experiences a high influx of raptors…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

The thing with feathers: the surprising lives of birds and what they reveal about being human
Strycker
From the text ... 'Noah Strycker's new book, 'The Thing with Feathers' provides a wonderful response to the relative who likes to remind you that you could have made more money working as an engineer. The inspiration the study of birds invokes may…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Burning like a mountain
Pyne
From the text ... 'Over time, the belief in the intrinsic evil of free-burning flame also yielded to the realisation that the removal of fire, like that of the wolf, could unravel whole ecosystems. It seemed that the best strategy for restoring both…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Trends in threat status and priorities in conservation of the woodpeckers of the world
Lammertink
Taking the first IUCN Red List from 1988 as a starting point, I review trends in the threat status of the woodpecker species of the world, the geographical distribution of (near-) threatened woodpecker species, threat factors affecting these species…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Home range characteristics of Mexican spotted owls in the Rincon Mountains, Arizona
Willey, van Riper
We studied a small isolated population of Mexican Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis lucida) from 1996-1997 in the Rincon Mountains of Saguaro National Park, southeastern Arizona, USA. All mixed-conifer and pine-oak forest patches in the park were…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Valuing fire planning alternatives in forest restoration: using derived demand to integrate economics with ecological restoration
Rideout, Ziesler, Kernohan
Assessing the value of fire planning alternatives is challenging because fire affects a wide array of ecosystem, market, and social values. Wildland fire management is increasingly used to address forest restoration while pragmatic approaches to…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Spatial application of a predictive wildlife occurrence model to assess alternative forest management scenarios in northern Arizona
Ray, Dickson, Sisk, Sesnie
Wildlife species of conservation concern can present forest managers with a particular challenge when habitat needs appear to be in contrast with other management objectives, particularly fuel reduction to reduce wildfire risk. Proposed actions can…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Northern bobwhite predator avoidance behavior in response to varying types of threat
Perkins, Boal, Rollins, Perez
The flight behavior and cover use of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) have been examined in several studies, but the current data lack quantitative measures of how bobwhites respond to natural threats. We examined aspects of bobwhite behavior…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Saving two birds with one stone: using active substance avian acute toxicity data to predict formulated plant protection product toxicity
Maynard, Edwards, Wheeler
Environmental safety assessments for exposure of birds require the provision of acute avian toxicity data for both the pesticidal active substance and formulated products. As an example, testing on the formulated product is waived in Europe using an…
Year: 2014
Type: Document

Structural heterogeneity increases diversity of non-breeding grassland birds
Hovick, Elmore, Fuhlendorf
Grassland birds have experienced greater population declines than any other guild of birds in North America, and yet we know little about habitat use and the affects of management during their non-breeding period on wintering grounds. The paucity of…
Year: 2014
Type: Document