Research Projects
Bird response to enhanced habitat diversity |
Bird survey of Iowa State Preserves |
Bird response to landscape enhancement
Bird response to enhanced habitat diversity
Since 2006, we have been examining bird density and nest success in the Spring
Run Wetland complex in NE Iowa. Dave Otis and I supervise Jen Vogel, a
Ph.D. student. The latest progress report is available
here.
Bird survey of Iowa State Preserves
Many of Iowa's prairie remnants are protected as Iowa State Preserves.
Some have being buffered from the agricultural matrix by the addition of
reconstructed prairie. Abel Robles, a M.S. student, is surveying birds on
these Preserves to document bird use, especially use by area-sensitive species.
The latest progress report is available
here.
Bird response to landscape enhancement for grassland
birds in southern Iowa
Since 2000 I have conducted annual roadside surveys in a pair of landscapes in
southern Iowa. One of these areas contains the Kellerton Bird Conservation
Area, where woody vegetation is being removed and prairies are being
reconstructed. In 2010, I will compare trends of bird populations in the
two areas, in cooperation with a similar effort being conducted in Missouri by
Brad Jacobs.
Updated 27 August, 2009
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