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Evaluation of Mixed-Vegetation Plantings As Avian Nesting Habitat in Eastern South Dakota
… cool-season grasses have long been planted as avian nesting cover on wildlife management units. However in the recent past, there has been a trend toward planting native warm-season grasses. In 2000, South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFP) began planting mixtures of cool-season and …
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Avian Nesting Density and Success in Alfalfa, Cool Season CRP, and Warm Season CRP Planting in Eastern South Dakota
… fields are notorious for attracting grassland nesting birds only to have their nests destroyed by mowing operations. Few studies have been done comparing nest success and densities in Conservation Reserve Program fields (CRP) and alfalfa in South Dakota. Objectives of the study were to: (1) …
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Avian Nesting Densities and Success in Introduced Cool-Season Grass-Legume Plantings Versus Warm-Season Native Grass Planting in South Dakota 2002-2003
… has emerged, but limited information exists on nesting density and success of cool-season grass-legume plantings (dense nesting cover [DNC]) versus WSN. Fields of DNC and WSN were selected in pairs (< 1-km apart) and 10% of each field’s area was searched for avian nests. Within each pair, field …
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Ecology and Conservation of Birds of Pinyon -Juniper Woodlands
… the drought, and 2005, a wet year, I studied avian nesting success on study plots with different levels of pine mortality. Nest predation rates were low, and no species showed any difference in nest success rates across the three sites. Grey flycatchers (Empidonax wrightii) had higher nest …