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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"Restored grasslands"”.
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Use of restored grasslands by mammals in a dynamic agroecosystem: insights from camera trapping
… and winter) to assess mammal responses on 30 restored grassland sites in a dynamic agroecosystem in Illinois from 2014 to 2015. I tested hypotheses about the effects of local habitat conditions and landscape context on use of restored grasslands by four focal species: raccoons (Procyon lotor), …
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Dangerous misperceptions with consequences: survival of Eastern cottontails on restored grasslands surrounded by agriculture
… eastern cottontail (Sylvilagus floridanus), in restored grassland habitats and the surrounding agricultural matrix. From June 2014 through June 2016, I radio-collared 95 cottontails and tracked their movements until the transmitter failed or mortality occurred. I then constructed known-fate …
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Habitat selection in restored grasslands: the role of social cues in the settlement of Grasshopper Sparrows
… social information in attracting birds to newly restored habitats is management relevant, but largely unexplored. I investigated the effect of social cues in the settlement behavior of Grasshopper Sparrows (Ammodramus savannarum) in new habitats. I played conspecific vocalizations at newly …
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Evaluation du succès de restaurations de pelouses calcicoles de la vallée du Viroin : densité en individus et succès reproducteur de deux espèces cibles.
Calcareous grasslands are local biodiversity « hotspots ». Unfortunately, these exceptional ecosystems have undergone a drastic fragmentation since the abandonment of traditional agro pastoral practices. Consequently, many calcareous grassland species are now in danger. In Belgium, since 1990, many …
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Floristics, Conservation, and Restoration of Virginia's Piedmont Grasslands
The native grasslands of Southeastern North America contain higher native plant diver- sity than the prairies of the Great Plains, but they have lost 90-99% of their historic range through disruption of their natural disturbance regimes and conversion to agricultural lands. To inform the …