1999
DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.141890
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Birds in a sagebrush sea : managing sagebrush habitats for bird communities /

Abstract: It) •' %bJZ535 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION.2 ECOLOGY OF SAGEBRUSH HABITAT.3 Climate. 3 Vegetation.3 Wildlife Dependence on Sagebrush.5 THE SAGEBRUSH LANDSCAPE BEFORE EUROPEAN SETTLEMENT.5 Wildfire Patterns.6 CHANGES IN SAGEBRUSH COUNTRY.7 Influence of Livestock Grazing.7 Non-native Grasses and Sagebrush Habitat Conversion.8 HOW TO HELP BIRDS IN SAGEBRUSH HABITATS.9 General Sagebrush Habitat Management.10 Sagebrush.12 Understory Grasses and Forbs.14 Biological Soil Crusts.15 Grazing.15 Water Developments.16 … Show more

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“…The condition of these habitats, however, has changed considerably. Floristic composition and structure in western forests has been altered by timber harvest, grazing, changes in the intensity and frequency of fires, and other silvicultural practices resulting in forests that differ greatly from pre-settlement forests (Hejl et al 1995 (Paige and Ritter 1999). About 35% of the shrubsteppe in the Columbia Plateau has been eliminated (Hann et al 1997), and in the west as a whole less than 1% has been spared of grazing (West 1996).…”
Section: Regional Research Prioritiesmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…The condition of these habitats, however, has changed considerably. Floristic composition and structure in western forests has been altered by timber harvest, grazing, changes in the intensity and frequency of fires, and other silvicultural practices resulting in forests that differ greatly from pre-settlement forests (Hejl et al 1995 (Paige and Ritter 1999). About 35% of the shrubsteppe in the Columbia Plateau has been eliminated (Hann et al 1997), and in the west as a whole less than 1% has been spared of grazing (West 1996).…”
Section: Regional Research Prioritiesmentioning
confidence: 97%
“…High rates of nest mortality demonstrated by birds that breed in these habitats may make their populations particularly vulnerable to habitat degradation (Martin 1993). Shrubsteppe communities of the Intermountain West have a unique avifauna that includes several species that are declining (Saab andRich 1997, Dobkin andSauder 2004) and numerous others that are of conservation concern (Paige and Ritter 1999). Sagebrush habitats are among the most imperiled ecosystems in North America as a result of conversion to agricultural fields, removal of sagebrush and planting of introduced grasses to improve livestock forage, widespread energy development, and increasing fire frequency that converts shrubsteppe to annual grasslands (Knick et al 2003; see Plate 1).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This response could impact occupancy on a larger scale by this species if habitat treatments for Gunnison Sage-Grouse are designed to reduce sagebrush cover and increase forb understory. The reason for the negative relationship measured is probably due to Sage Sparrows being ground foragers with abundant ground cover impacting their ability to feed (Kingery 1998, Martin and Carlson 1998, Paige and Ritter 1999. Wiens and Rotenberry (1985) found after a habitat treatment reduced sagebrush cover and increased the understory of grasses, Sage Sparrow abundance declined.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Fish andWildlife Service 2013). These sagebrush systems have also seen population declines for associated sagebrush song birds (Paige andRitter 1999, North American Bird Conservation Initiative 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%