[HTML][HTML] Review of conservation challenges and possible solutions for grassland birds of the North American Great Plains

JS Bernath-Plaisted, MD Correll, SG Somershoe… - Rangeland Ecology & …, 2023 - Elsevier
North America's grassland birds remain in crisis despite decades of conservation efforts.
This review provides an overview of factors contributing to these declines, as well as …

[PDF][PDF] The role of temperature and microclimate in the survival of wintering grassland birds.

DJ Pérez-Ordoñez, M Titulaer, MD Correll… - Avian Conservation & …, 2022 - bri.sulross.edu
Over the past 40 years, grassland birds have declined steeply in North America,
necessitating the study of limiting factors throughout their full annual cycle to mitigate this …

Landscape‐scale conservation mitigates the biodiversity loss of grassland birds

DC Pavlacky Jr, AW Green, TL George… - Ecological …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The decline of biodiversity from anthropogenic landscape modification is among the most
pressing conservation problems worldwide. In North America, long‐term population declines …

Environmental drivers of female reproductive investment in egg quantity and quality in a grassland sparrow

EN Sroor, WA Boyle, HN Castro‐Miller, KS Hobbs… - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Female investment in reproduction is a critical component of life history that influences both
the fitness of the female and her offspring. Oviparous females can allocate energy into egg …

[HTML][HTML] Climate variability and trends in climate extremes in the priority conservation area El Tokio and adjacent areas in northeastern Mexico

AD Baez-Gonzalez, M de Jesus Torres-Meza… - Weather and climate …, 2018 - Elsevier
El Tokio, a priority conservation area in Mexico and North America, and its adjacent areas
hold the world's last remaining colonies of the Mexican Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys …

Hierarchical distance sampling to estimate population sizes of common lizards across a desert ecoregion

BJ Furnas, DS Newton, GD Capehart… - Ecology and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Multispecies wildlife monitoring across large geographical regions is important for effective
conservation planning in response to expected impacts from climate change and land use …

Fine‐scale habitat associations of Oklahoma's longspurs

JA Muller, JD Ross - The Journal of Wildlife Management, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Overwintering is a key demographic stage for migratory birds but remains poorly
understood, especially among multiple declining grassland bird species. The non‐breeding …

An open-source approach to characterizing Chihuahuan Desert vegetation communities using object-based image analysis

AR Bankert, EH Strasser, CG Burch… - Journal of Arid …, 2021 - Elsevier
Methods for quantifying vegetative cover across landscapes have, until recently, been
limited to ground-based surveys or remote sensing via satellites or aircraft, both of which can …

[HTML][HTML] Winter Bird Diversity and Community Structure in Relation to Shrub Cover and Invasive Exotic Natal Grass in Two Livestock Ranches in the Chihuahuan …

M Titulaer, CM Aragón Gurrola, A Melgoza Castillo… - Birds, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Grasslands are one of the most threatened terrestrial biomes leading to a
loss of grassland biodiversity, including birds. Two important factors contributing to the loss …

Patrón de movimientos y ámbito hogareño invernal de aves de pastizal en el noroeste de México

D Sierra-Franco, JH Martínez-Guerrero… - …, 2019 - biotecnia.unison.mx
La región de Cuchillas de la Zarca es considera como un área prioritaria para la
conservación de pastizales reconocida por CONABIO la cual alberga una gran cantidad de …