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Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Monitoring And Assessment - 2010 Final Report, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross, Pablo L. Ruiz, James R. Snyder, Diana Rodriguez, W.T. Hilton
Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow Habitat Monitoring And Assessment - 2010 Final Report, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross, Pablo L. Ruiz, James R. Snyder, Diana Rodriguez, W.T. Hilton
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For the last two decades, the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (CSSS), a federally endangered species, has been a pivot point for water management operations in the Everglades, primarily because a decline in sparrow population in the early 1990s was attributed in part to managementinduced alterations in hydrologic regimes. With a goal of understanding the response of landscape-level processes to hydrological restoration and its interaction with fire, a study intended to monitor vegetation structure and composition throughout the marl prairie landscape has been conducted since 2003 with funding from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). In the first three years (2003-2005), …
Woody Plant Invasion Into The Freshwater Marl Prairie Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow: Final Report, Erin Hanan, Michael Ross, Jay Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, Susana Stofella, Nilesh Timilsina, David Jones, Jose Espinar, Rachel King
Woody Plant Invasion Into The Freshwater Marl Prairie Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow: Final Report, Erin Hanan, Michael Ross, Jay Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, Susana Stofella, Nilesh Timilsina, David Jones, Jose Espinar, Rachel King
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In the fall of 2005, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services (USFWS) contracted with Florida International University (FIU) to study the physical and biological drivers underlying the distribution of woody plant species in the marl prairie habitat of the Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow (CSSS). This report presents what we have learned about woody plant encroachment based on studies carried out during the period 2006-2008. The freshwater marl prairie habitat currently occupied by the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (CSSS; Ammodramus maritimus mirabilis) is a dynamic mosaic comprised of species-rich grassland communities and tree islands of various sizes, densities and compositions. Landscape heterogeneity …
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, 2008 – Final Report, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross, James R. Snyder, Pablo L. Ruiz, Susana Stofella, Mike Kline, Broke Shamblin, Erin Hanan, Lawrence Lopez, T.J. Hilton
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, 2008 – Final Report, Jay P. Sah, Michael S. Ross, James R. Snyder, Pablo L. Ruiz, Susana Stofella, Mike Kline, Broke Shamblin, Erin Hanan, Lawrence Lopez, T.J. Hilton
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This document summarizes the activities that were accomplished in 2008, the sixth year of the research project “Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable seaside sparrow”, a collaborative effort among the US Army Corps of Engineers, Everglades National Park, Florida International University, and the US Geological Survey (Florida Integrated Science Center). The major activities in 2008 included field work, data analysis, and presentations. Jay Sah presented the results of 6th year field work at the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (CSSS) Fire Meeting 2008, held on December 2-3 at the Krome Center, Homestead, Florida. In the same …
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2004-2005, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, Franco Tobias, James R. Snyder, David Hagyari
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2004-2005, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, Franco Tobias, James R. Snyder, David Hagyari
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The major activities in Year 3 on ‘Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (CSSS)’ included presentations, field work, data analysis, and report preparation. During this period, we made 4 presentations, two at the CSSS – fire planning workshops at Everglades National Park (ENP), one at the Society of Wetland Scientists’ meeting in Charleston, SC, and a fourth at the Marl Prairie/CSSS performance measure workshop at ENP. We started field work in the third week of January and continued till June 3, 2005. Early in the field season, we completed vegetation surveys along two …
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2003-2004, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, James R. Snyder, Sara Robinson
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2003-2004, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, James R. Snyder, Sara Robinson
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Following on our previous year’s work on ‘Effect of hydrologic restoration on the habitat of the Cape Sable seaside sparrow (CSSS)’, we presented first year results at the Cape Sable seaside sparrow – fire planning workshop at Everglades National Park in December 2003. Later, with almost the same set of crews as in the previous year, we started field work in the first week of January and continued till May 26, 2004. Protocols for sampling topography and vegetation in 2004 were identical to the previous year. In the early season, we completed topographic surveys along two remaining transects, B and …
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2002-2003, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, James R. Snyder, Curt Schaeffer
Effect Of Hydrologic Restoration On The Habitat Of The Cape Sable Seaside Sparrow, Annual Report Of 2002-2003, Michael S. Ross, Jay P. Sah, Pablo L. Ruiz, David T. Jones, Hillary Cooley, Rafael Travieso, James R. Snyder, Curt Schaeffer
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After developing field sampling protocols and making a series of consultations with investigators involved in research in CSSS habitat, we determined that vegetationhydrology interactions within this landscape are best sampled at a combination of scales. At the finer scale, we decided to sample at 100 m intervals along transects that cross the range of habitats present, and at the coarser scale, to conduct an extensive survey of vegetation at sites of known sparrow density dispersed throughout the range of the CSSS. We initiated sampling in the first week of January 2003 and continued it through the last week of May. …