Avian community response to vegetation and structural features in grasslands managed with fire and grazing

Coppedge, Bryan. R.; Fuhlendorf, Samuel. D.; Harrell, Wade. C.; Engle, David. M.

doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2008.02.015

Avian community response to vegetation and structural features in grasslands managed with fire and grazing

This study examined the importance of natural and manmade structural features on the avian community relative to management-induced vegetation dynamics. The study was conducted within the context of two alternative vegetation management treatments applied to pastures on a tallgrass prairie site i…