A global review identifies agriculture as the main threat to declining grassland birds

DJT Douglas, J Waldinger, Z Buckmire, K Gibb… - Ibis, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Grasslands are globally threatened and their biodiversity, including grassland birds, is
declining markedly. To inform grassland bird conservation globally, we systematically …

Seasonal variation and crop diversity shape the composition of bird communities in agricultural landscapes in Nepal

HB Katuwal, J Rai, K Tomlinson, B Rimal… - Agriculture, Ecosystems …, 2022 - Elsevier
Farmland birds are declining globally due to anthropogenic activities, with particularly few
studies in Asian agricultural landscapes. Various studies have examined the impacts of …

A Systematic Review of the Effects of Multi-purpose Forest Management Practices on the Breeding Success of Forest Birds

JM Cordeiro Pereira, G Mikusiński, I Storch - Current Forestry Reports, 2024 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review We aimed to summarize the evidence linking multi-purpose
forest management (MPF) to bird nesting and fledging success in temperate and boreal …

Fully accounting for nest age reduces bias when quantifying nest survival

EL Weiser - The Condor, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Accurately measuring nest survival is challenging because nests must be discovered to be
monitored, but nests are typically not found on the first day of the nesting interval. Studies of …

Emigration and survival correlate with different precipitation metrics throughout a grassland songbird's annual cycle

KM Silber, NM Mohankumar, TJ Hefley… - The Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Many exogenous factors may influence demographic rates (ie, births, deaths, immigration,
emigration), particularly for migratory birds that must cope with variable weather and habitat …

Diverse strategies for tracking seasonal environmental niches at hemispheric scale

J Cohen, W Jetz - Global Ecology and Biogeography, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Species depend upon a constrained set of environmental conditions, or environmental
niches, for survival and reproduction that are being increasingly perturbed or lost under …

Multi‐scale habitat selection and nest survival of whinchats and stonechats: implications for grassland conservation management

M Küblbeck, I Weiß, F Korner-Nievergelt… - Wildlife …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Effective management for endangered grassland birds requires a sound understanding of
habitat requirements and factors shaping reproductive success. We studied multi‐level …

Restored fire and grazing regimes influence nest selection and survival in Brewer's blackbirds Euphagus cyanocephalus

CA Duquette, TJ Hovick, RF Limb, DA McGranahan… - Acta Ornithologica, 2020 - BioOne
Grassland fire suppression causes numerous ecological changes including increases in
woody vegetation, reduced biodiversity, and population declines of grassland species …

Long-term trends in grassland bird relative abundance on focal grassland landscapes in Missouri

AR Schindler, HIA Boehm, TF Beckerman, TW Bonnot… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
North American grassland birds have widely declined over the past 50 years, largely due to
anthropogenic-driven loss of native prairie habitat. In response to these declines, many …

Forest management, forest vegetation, and climate influence nesting ecology of a focal bird species in the western USA

A Miller-ter Kuile, K Ogle, C Cavanaugh… - Forest Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Landscape-scale forest restoration aims to restore ecological structure and function and
provide habitat for wildlife. However, forest management likely has varying impacts across …