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Successional Changes And Habitat Selection In Hayfield Bird Communities, Eric K. Bollinger Jul 1995

Successional Changes And Habitat Selection In Hayfield Bird Communities, Eric K. Bollinger

Eric K. Bollinger

I examined the effects of successional changes in vegetation on the breeding dispersion of grassland birds in hayfields in New York. I sampled vegetation and counted birds in 90 hayfields of various ages (i.e. number of years since planting) and sizes that were originally planted to a legume-dominated seed mixture. I also resampled a subset of these fields two years later. Over time, these hayfields changed from tall, dense, homogeneous stands of legume-dominated vegetation to short, sparse, patchy stands of grass-dominated vegetation. Fields of all ages were dominated by introduced plant species. Red-winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus), the most common bird …


Preliminary Keys To Carex (Cyperaceae) In New York State, Gordon C. Tucker May 1995

Preliminary Keys To Carex (Cyperaceae) In New York State, Gordon C. Tucker

Gordon C. Tucker

No abstract provided.


Campus Field Trips: An Effective Supplement To Classroom Instruction, Paul V. Switzer Jan 1995

Campus Field Trips: An Effective Supplement To Classroom Instruction, Paul V. Switzer

Paul V. Switzer

No abstract provided.