Karen Steenhof John P. DeLong 2020 <p>Keys to Prairie Falcon (<i>Falco mexicanus</i>) management include maintaining cliffs with suitable recesses for use as nest sites (that is, the substrate that supports the nest or the specific location of the nest on the landscape), protecting nest sites from human disturbance by designating buffer zones, and maintaining open landscapes and habitats that support populations of ground squirrels (<i>Urocitellus</i> species) and small birds.</p> application/pdf 10.3133/pp1842S en U.S. Geological Survey The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Prairie Falcon (<i>Falco mexicanus</i>) reports