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The Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds—Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)

Professional Paper 1842-LL
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https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1842LL

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Abstract

Keys to Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus) management are providing large areas of suitable habitat (for example, native or tame grasslands of moderate vegetative height and density, low shrub density, and moderate litter and forb cover), and protecting nesting habitat from disturbance during the breeding season. Bobolinks have been reported to use habitats with 10–166 centimeters (cm) average vegetation height, 6–75 cm visual obstruction reading, 17–65 percent grass cover, 3–50 percent forb cover, less than or equal to (≤) 22 percent shrub cover, ≤38 percent bare ground, 5–39 percent litter cover, and ≤9 cm litter depth.

Suggested Citation

Shaffer, J.A., Igl, L.D., Johnson, D.H., Sondreal, M.L., Goldade, C.M., Zimmerman, A.L., Wooten, T.L., and Euliss, B.R., 2023, The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus), chap. LL of Johnson, D.H., Igl, L.D., Shaffer, J.A., and DeLong, J.P., eds., The effects of management practices on grassland birds: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1842, 44 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1842LL.

ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Capsule Statement
  • Breeding Range
  • Suitable Habitat
  • Area Requirements and Landscape Associations
  • Brood Parasitism by Cowbirds and Other Species
  • Breeding-Season Phenology and Site Fidelity
  • Species’ Response to Management
  • Management Recommendations from the Literature
  • References
Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Bobolink (Dolichonyx oryzivorus)
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1842
Chapter LL
DOI 10.3133/pp1842LL
Year Published 2023
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Description v, 44 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) N
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