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Impacts Of Invasive Plants On Sandhill Crane (Grus Canadensis) Roosting Habitat, Andrew C. Kessler, James W. Merchant, Craig R. Allen, Steven D. Shultz
Impacts Of Invasive Plants On Sandhill Crane (Grus Canadensis) Roosting Habitat, Andrew C. Kessler, James W. Merchant, Craig R. Allen, Steven D. Shultz
Nebraska Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit: Staff Publications
Invasive plants continue to spread in riparian ecosystems, causing both ecological and economic damage. This research investigated the impacts of common reed, purple loosestrife, riparian shrubland, and riparian woodlands on the quality and quantity of sandhill crane roosting habitat in the central Platte River, Nebraska, using a discrete choice model. A more detailed investigation of the impacts of common reed on sandhill crane roosting habitat was performed by forecasting a spread or contraction of this invasive plant. The discrete choice model indicates that riparian woodlands had the largest negative impact on sandhill crane roosting habitat. The forecasting results predict that …