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A Bee's Best Friend
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Chicago Illinois USA
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This blog by an ecologist that works at prairie restoration and prairie management for the nature conservancy is one of the most interesting blogs that I read. Today he speaks about grassland bird migration and how the migration habitat along the travel route may differ from breeding grounds. He also touches on the fact that one study often gives us more questions than answers but each step is necessary to gain understanding.
So many people are beginning to question the need to slow invasive plant species, even going so far as to suggest that the plants should be allowed to progress through succession and see what happens. I think these studies give us more information about the species diversity that could be lost as a result. What Do Grassland Birds Need for Migratory Habitat? | The Prairie Ecologist Quote:
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A Bee's Best Friend
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Hopefully at least some grassland birds could adapt to feeding and resting in corridors of grasslands along the way. With all the developement in North America it would be hard to expect survival of these birds otherwise. I think predation may be higher in the smaller grassland like areas and so fewer birds successfully completing migration. So many queston to answer...
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birds, grassland, habitat, migratory |
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