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Viability Of A Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma Coerulescens) Population In North-Central Florida, Dustin E. Brewer, Ralph Risch

Florida Field Naturalist

Exceedingly limited breeding range, dispersal ability, and habitat connectivity tend to characterize species as at risk of extinction. A species endemic to Florida, the Florida Scrub-jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens; scrub-jay), exemplifies these characteristics, which have contributed to its alarming, roughly 90% population decline since the 1800s. To help stop or reverse this ongoing decline, land managers should communicate scrub-jay population trends to facilitate conversations about the effectiveness of respective management regimes within and between metapopulations and to identify regions in particular need of conservation focus. We report scrub-jay population survey data at Seminole State Forest (SSF) in north-central Florida between 2008 …