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Allen, Michael Cobb. Improving the effectiveness of land sharing conservation efforts for North American grassland birds. Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-37sw-5010

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TitleImproving the effectiveness of land sharing conservation efforts for North American grassland birds
NameAllen, Michael Cobb (author); Lockwood, Julie L. (chair); Burger, Joanna (co-chair); Lathrop, Richard (internal member); Shriver, Gregory (outside member); Rutgers University; School of Graduate Studies
Date Created2019
Other Date2019-10 (degree)
SubjectGrassland birds -- Conservation -- North America, Ecology and Evolution
Extent1 online resource (x, 118 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionGrassland birds are experiencing persistent population declines in North America and elsewhere. Protected grasslands are rare, and private grasslands are increasingly unsuitable due to intensive agricultural practices. Federal private-lands conservation programs (‘land sharing’ approaches) are the primary conservation tool, but as populations continue to decline, calls for reform have increased. In this dissertation, I explore ways to improve land sharing conservation efforts for grassland birds at three spatial scales: farm, regional, and continental. First, I evaluate a novel conservation practice within active hayfields designed to increase habitat suitability during the post-harvest period. Next, I develop an empirical social-ecological systems model to evaluate how conservation spending, climate, and farm management interact to influence population fluctuations in a grassland bird species in the Mid-Atlantic U.S. Lastly, I identify regions of increasing agricultural or climate impacts on grassland birds by investigating continental scale changes in the geography of spatial population synchrony. Approaches developed here have global applicability in the effort to conserve biodiversity in the face of expanding agricultural and climatic impacts.
NotePh.D.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD doctoral
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-37sw-5010
LanguageEnglish
CollectionSchool of Graduate Studies Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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