Lawrence D. Igl Douglas H. Johnson Marriah L. Sondreal Christopher M. Goldade Amy L. Zimmerman Betty R. Euliss Jill A. Shaffer 2020 <p>Keys to Lark Bunting (<i>Calamospiza melanocorys</i>) management include providing short vegetation with protective nest cover and tailoring grazing systems to the type of grassland. Lark Buntings have been reported to use habitats with 6–72 centimeter (cm) average vegetation height, 2–11 cm visual obstruction reading, 13–71 percent grass cover, less than or equal to (≤) 48 percent forb cover, ≤17 percent shrub cover, 10–57 percent bare ground cover, 25 percent litter cover, and ≤2 cm litter depth.</p> application/pdf 10.3133/pp1842EE en U.S. Geological Survey The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Lark Bunting (<i>Calamospiza melanocorys</i>) reports