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 LeConte’s Sparrow (<i>Ammospiza leconteii</i>) management include controlling succession and providing uplands and lowlands with tall, thick herbaceous vegetation and thick litter. LeConte’s Sparrows have been reported to use habitats with 30–90 centimeters (cm) average vegetation height, 19–41 cm visual obstruction reading, 35–43 percent grass cover, 16–27 percent forb cover, less than (&lt;) 18 percent shrub cover, &lt;4 percent bare ground, 39–45 percent litter cover, and 2–6 cm litter depth.</p> application/pdf 10.3133/pp1842JJ en U.S. Geological Survey The effects of management practices on grassland birds—LeConte’s Sparrow (<i>Ammospiza leconteii</i>) reports