Grassland bird diversity and abundance in the presence of native and non-native grazers
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Boyce, A. J., H. Shamon, K. E. Kunkel, and W. J. McShea. 2021. Grassland bird diversity and abundance in the presence of native and non-native grazers. Avian Conservation and Ecology 16(2):13. https://doi.org/10.5751/ACE-01944-160213
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When bison densities are manipulated and movements are constrained, the ability of the species to have positive impacts on the landscape may be limited.
“However, when densities are manipulated and movements are constrained, the ability of the species to have positive impacts on the landscape may be limited (Boyce et al., 2021;Kaplan et al., 2021).”
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- Authors
- Boyce, A. J., Shamon, H., Kunkel, K. E., & McShea, W. J.
- Affiliations
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (US)
- Smithsonian Institution (US)
- Corresponding author
- Boyce, Andy J.
- Venue
- Avian Conservation and Ecology
- Publisher
- Resilience Alliance, Inc.
- Published
- 2021
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 2
- ISSN
- 1712-6568 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3197413945
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 65
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1
- FWCI
- 1.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- cc-by-nc
- Locations
- Avian Conservation and Ecology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Smithsonian Institution
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Keywords
- grassland birds, bird diversity, bird abundance, grazing, livestock grazing, grassland
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