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The Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds—Chestnut-Collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)

Professional Paper 1842-X
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https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1842X

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Abstract

Keys to Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) management are providing and maintaining native pastures with fairly short overall vegetation and sparse litter accumulation but with areas of taller and denser vegetation and accumulated litter for nesting, and tailoring grazing intensity to local conditions. Chestnut-collared Longspurs have been reported to use habitats with 10–77 centimeters (cm) average vegetation height, 1–50 cm visual obstruction reading, 15–67 percent grass cover, 5–16 percent forb cover, less than (<) 6 percent shrub cover, 1–44 percent bare ground, 6–63 percent litter cover, and <7 cm litter depth.

Suggested Citation

Shaffer, J.A., Igl, L.D., Johnson, D.H., Sondreal, M.L., Goldade, C.M., Nenneman, M.P., Wooten, T.L., and Euliss, B.R., 2020, The effects of management practices on grassland birds—Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus) (ver. 1.1, March 2022), chap. X 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, 23 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1842X.

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—Chestnut-collared Longspur (Calcarius ornatus)
Series title Professional Paper
Series number 1842
Chapter X
DOI 10.3133/pp1842X
Edition Version 1.0: June 1, 2020; Version 1.1: March 31, 2022
Year Published 2020
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Publisher location Reston, VA
Contributing office(s) Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
Description iv, 23 p.
Online Only (Y/N) Y
Additional Online Files (Y/N) Y
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