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Response Of Grassland Birds To Agricultural Intensity At Different Spatial Scales In Texas, Anna Matthews, M. Clay Green, James Giocomo
Response Of Grassland Birds To Agricultural Intensity At Different Spatial Scales In Texas, Anna Matthews, M. Clay Green, James Giocomo
National Quail Symposium Proceedings
The decline in grassland birds is often associated with habitat loss due to intensity of conversion to agricultural lands and the alterations of natural disturbances. We sought to identify agricultural effects at differing scales that correlate to Texas grassland bird abundance, especially northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). Ninety-five roadside routes were surveyed in 20 Texas counties ranging from the Oklahoma border to the coastal plains. We conducted point counts in May and June from 2013 to 2016. To estimate the coarse effects of agriculture on bird abundance at a county level, we used number of cattle and area of …
Utility Of Fine Resolution Land Cover Data For Modeling Northern Bobwhite Abundance In The Oaks And Prairies Of Oklahoma, Nicolas Jaffe, Timothy O'Connell, James Giocomo
Utility Of Fine Resolution Land Cover Data For Modeling Northern Bobwhite Abundance In The Oaks And Prairies Of Oklahoma, Nicolas Jaffe, Timothy O'Connell, James Giocomo
National Quail Symposium Proceedings
Management of northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) requires landscape-level planning to promote sustainable populations. Limitations in time and resources necessitate the use of large geographic datasets to efficiently evaluate habitat suitability across landscapes. Many such datasets, however, are limited by a lack of detailed and current information relevant to regional management efforts. To meet this need, regional partners recently released the Oklahoma Ecological Systems Mapping (OESM) product, which offers high spatial and thematic resolution vegetation data, current to 2015. We evaluated the utility of the new OESM product for modelling abundance of northern bobwhite and other grassland birds, relating …
Data-Driven Planning For The Conservation Of Grassland Birds In The Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region, Cara J. Joos, Jane A. Fitzgerald, Christopher M. Lituma, James Giocomo, Larry Heggemann
Data-Driven Planning For The Conservation Of Grassland Birds In The Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region, Cara J. Joos, Jane A. Fitzgerald, Christopher M. Lituma, James Giocomo, Larry Heggemann
National Quail Symposium Proceedings
The Central Hardwoods Joint Venture held two workshops in 2006 to delineate bobwhite focus areas across the Central Hardwoods Bird Conservation Region (BCR) for targeting on-the-ground conservation efforts. From 2008 – 2012, we conducted randomized sets of point counts within counties containing bobwhite focal areas to assess the efficacy of that method for monitoring grassland birds within focal areas, and to assess relationships of conservation practices with bird species occupancy and abundance. We collected data on nine species of Partners in Flight priority species, including northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus). Land cover types within a 200-m buffer of each …
Uncertainty And The Entanglement Of Habitat Loss And Fragmentation Effects In The Management Of Northern Bobwhite, Mason H. Cline, Richard B. Chandler, Clinton T. Moore, James A. Martin
Uncertainty And The Entanglement Of Habitat Loss And Fragmentation Effects In The Management Of Northern Bobwhite, Mason H. Cline, Richard B. Chandler, Clinton T. Moore, James A. Martin
National Quail Symposium Proceedings
There is a need to understand the effects of habitat loss and fragmentation on northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) and other grassland bird species and relate this to conservation action and delivery, especially in areas of intensive anthropogenic development. Through our research, we investigated the factors contributing to habitat loss and fragmentation in order to prioritize management within the Gulf Coast Prairie Landscape Conservation Cooperative (GCP LCC) region of Texas, USA. For this geographic region, we completed these objectives: analyzed grassland bird habitat loss and fragmentation resulting from oil and gas development, which has become especially rapid in this …
Strategic Habitat Conservation For Declining Grassland Wildlife Populations In The Oaks And Prairies Joint Venture, James Giocomo, Johnathan Hayes, Kenneth Gee, Jeff Raasch, Robert Perez
Strategic Habitat Conservation For Declining Grassland Wildlife Populations In The Oaks And Prairies Joint Venture, James Giocomo, Johnathan Hayes, Kenneth Gee, Jeff Raasch, Robert Perez
National Quail Symposium Proceedings
Degradation and conversion of functioning grassland ecosystems in North America has driven significant declines in grassland wildlife populations across multiple taxa. In an effort to address declines in the grasslands of Oklahoma and Texas, a number of governmental agencies and Non-Governmental Organizations have partnered to form the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture (OPJV) to more strategically and collaboratively deliver conservation actions in this region. With northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) as the flagship species, OPJV has worked to implement a fully integrated Strategic Habitat Conservation framework that works at multiple scales to conduct biological planning, landscape conservation design, habitat …