Guardado en:
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Mandy R. Orth, Alex Solem, Travis Runia, Kent C. Jensen
Formato: Artículo Open Access
Publicado: Wiley 2024
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1521
Etiquetas: Agregar Etiqueta
Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!
_version_ 1867018514684968961
author Mandy R. Orth
Alex Solem
Travis Runia
Kent C. Jensen
author_facet Mandy R. Orth
Alex Solem
Travis Runia
Kent C. Jensen
Mandy R. Orth
Alex Solem
Travis Runia
Kent C. Jensen
collection Wiley Open Access
contents Evaluation of methods used to improve grasslands as ring‐necked pheasant brood habitat Mandy R. Orth Alex Solem Travis Runia Kent C. Jensen Wildlife Society Bulletin Abstract Ring‐necked pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus ) demographic response is sensitive to chick survival and nest success. The establishment and management of grasslands within agricultural landscapes, often through cropland conversion programs (e.g., Conservation Reserve Program [CRP]), have positive impacts on survival and nest success. Newly established CRP and early successional habitat can provide vegetative structure selected by pheasant chicks. Ideal brood habitat provides an abundance of arthropods, an open understory promoting efficient chick movement, and a protective canopy cover. However, the natural succession of grasslands changes desired vegetative structure and challenges managers with providing adequate habitat for pheasant chicks. We investigated the efficacy of different methods of CRP management, including haying, burning, herbicide application, interseeding, and grazing, to provide adequate brood rearing habitat in cool‐ and warm‐season grasslands. We assessed chick body mass change using human‐imprinted ring‐necked pheasant chicks and investigated changes in vegetation composition and structure in relation to various habitat treatments in north‐central and north‐eastern South Dakota during mid‐June and mid‐July of 2013, 2014, and 2015. Generally, treatments that incorporated interseeding, herbicide application, or their combination had the greatest chick mass gain, reduced litter cover and depth, and increased bare ground and forb cover. Effective management for brood habitat may require more aggressive techniques than simple haying or prescribed fire techniques. 10.1002/wsb.1521 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
doi_str_mv 10.1002/wsb.1521
format Artículo Open Access
id wiley_oa_10_1002_wsb_1521
institution Wiley Open Access
license_str_mv http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publishDate 2024
publisher Wiley
record_format wiley_oa
spellingShingle Evaluation of methods used to improve grasslands as ring‐necked pheasant brood habitat
Mandy R. Orth
Alex Solem
Travis Runia
Kent C. Jensen
Wildlife Society Bulletin
Evaluation of methods used to improve grasslands as ring‐necked pheasant brood habitat Mandy R. Orth Alex Solem Travis Runia Kent C. Jensen Wildlife Society Bulletin Abstract Ring‐necked pheasant ( Phasianus colchicus ) demographic response is sensitive to chick survival and nest success. The establishment and management of grasslands within agricultural landscapes, often through cropland conversion programs (e.g., Conservation Reserve Program [CRP]), have positive impacts on survival and nest success. Newly established CRP and early successional habitat can provide vegetative structure selected by pheasant chicks. Ideal brood habitat provides an abundance of arthropods, an open understory promoting efficient chick movement, and a protective canopy cover. However, the natural succession of grasslands changes desired vegetative structure and challenges managers with providing adequate habitat for pheasant chicks. We investigated the efficacy of different methods of CRP management, including haying, burning, herbicide application, interseeding, and grazing, to provide adequate brood rearing habitat in cool‐ and warm‐season grasslands. We assessed chick body mass change using human‐imprinted ring‐necked pheasant chicks and investigated changes in vegetation composition and structure in relation to various habitat treatments in north‐central and north‐eastern South Dakota during mid‐June and mid‐July of 2013, 2014, and 2015. Generally, treatments that incorporated interseeding, herbicide application, or their combination had the greatest chick mass gain, reduced litter cover and depth, and increased bare ground and forb cover. Effective management for brood habitat may require more aggressive techniques than simple haying or prescribed fire techniques. 10.1002/wsb.1521 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
title Evaluation of methods used to improve grasslands as ring‐necked pheasant brood habitat
topic Wildlife Society Bulletin
url https://wildlife.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/wsb.1521