Citation:

j.biocon.2015.03.018

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Abstract:

Changes in land use and land cover throughout the eastern half of North America have caused substantial declines in populations of birds that rely on grassland and shrubland vegetation types, including socially and economically important game birds such as the Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus; hereafter bobwhites). As much attention is focused on habitat management and restoration for bobwhites, they may act as an umbrella species for other bird species with similar habitat requirements. We quantified the relationship of bobwhites to the overall bird community and evaluated the potential for bobwhites to act as an umbrella species for grassland and shrubland birds. We monitored bobwhite presence and bird community composition within 31 sample units on selected private lands in the south-central United States from 2009 to 2011. Bobwhites were strongly associated with other grassland and shrubland birds and were a significant positive predictor for 9 species. Seven of these, including Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii), Dicksissel (Spiza americana), and Grasshopper Sparrow (Ammodramus savannarum), are listed as species of conservation concern. Species richness and occupancy probability of grassland and shrubland birds were higher relative to the overall bird community in sample units occupied by bobwhites. Our results show that bobwhites can act as an umbrella species for grassland and shrubland birds, although the specific species in any given situation will depend on region and management objectives. These results suggest that efficiency in conservation funding can be increased by using public interest in popular game species to leverage resources to meet multiple conservation objectives.

Coverage:

Median Latitude: 34.985000 * Median Longitude: -96.030000 * South-bound Latitude: 34.380000 * West-bound Longitude: -96.570000 * North-bound Latitude: 36.030000 * East-bound Longitude: -94.740000

Event(s):

Oklahoma_townsh1 * Latitude: 36.030000 * Longitude: -94.740000 * Location: Oklahoma, United States of America * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

Oklahoma_townsh2 * Latitude: 36.030000 * Longitude: -94.850000 * Location: Oklahoma, United States of America * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

Oklahoma_townsh3 * Latitude: 34.550000 * Longitude: -96.560000 * Location: Oklahoma, United States of America * Method/Device: Biological sample (BIOS)

Comment:

The purpose of this data was to determine the capacity of Northern Bobwhite (Colinus virginianus) to act as an umbrella species for other birds that rely on grassland and shrubland vegetation types. The database consists of occupancy probabilities within sample units for 33 bird species from point counts done in eastern and central Oklahoma in 2009-2011. Sample units are 400-meter-radius circles (~52 ha). The four letter codes are American Ornithologists Union species codes. Location is accurate to the township centroid (~ 93.2 square km; 36 square mi), meaning that samples with the same location occurred in the same township.

Parameter(s):

#	Name	Short Name	Unit	Principal Investigator	Comment
1	Event label	Event
2	Sample ID	Sample ID		Crosby, Andrew D
3	Latitude of event	Latitude
4	Longitude of event	Longitude
5	Polioptila caerulea	P. caerulea	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, code: BGGN
6	Baeolophus bicolor	B. bicolor	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Tufted Titmouse, code: TUTI
7	Cardinalis cardinalis	C. cardinalis	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Northern Cardinal, code: NOCA
8	Passerina ciris	P. ciris	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Painted Bunting, code: PABU
9	Passerina cyanea	P. cyanea	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Indigo Bunting, code: INBU
10	Vireo olivaceus	V. olivaceus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Red-eyed Vireo, code: REVI
11	Spizella pusilla	S. pusilla	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Field Sparrow, code: FISP
12	Molothrus ater	M. ater	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Brown-headed Cowbird, code: BHCO
13	Piranga rubra	P. rubra	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Summer Tanager, code: SUTA
14	Thryothorus ludovicianus	T. ludovicianus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Carolina Wren, code: CARW
15	Myiarchus crinitus	M. crinitus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Great-crested Flycatcher, code: GCFL
16	Vireo griseus	V. griseus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	White-eyed Vireo, code: WEVI
17	Passerina caerulea	P. caerulea	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Blue Grossbeak, code: BLGR
18	Parula americana	P. americana	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Northern Parula, code: NOPA
19	Coccyzus americanus	C. americanus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Yellow-billed Cuckoo, code: YBCU
20	Poecile carolinensis	P. carolinensis	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Carolina Chickadee, code: CACH
21	Spiza americana	S. americana	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Dickcissel, code: DICK
22	Icteria virens	I. virens	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Yellow-breasted Chat, code: YBCH
23	Sitta carolinensis	S. carolinensis	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	White-breasted Nuthatch, code: WBNU
24	Thryomanes bewickii	T. bewickii	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Bewick's Wren, code: BEWR
25	Vireo bellii	V. bellii	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Bell's Vireo, code: BEVI
26	Dumatella carolinensis	D. carolinensis	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Gray Catbird, code: GRCA
27	Mimus polyglottos	M. polyglottos	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Northern Mockingbird, code: NOMO
28	Colinus virginianus	C. virginianus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Northern Bobwhite, code: NOBO
29	Sturnella magna	S. magna	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Eastern Meadowlark, code: EAME
30	Chondestes grammacus	C. grammacus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Lark Sparrow, code: LASP
31	Dendroica discolor	D. discolor	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Prairie Warbler, code: PRAW
32	Sialia sialis	S. sialis	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Eastern Bluebird, code: EABL
33	Geothlypis trichas	G. trichas	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Common Yellowthroat, code: COYE
34	Archilochus colubris	A. colubris	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Ruby-throated Hummingbird, code: RTHU
35	Melanerpes erythrocephalus	M. erythrocephalus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Red-headed Woodpecker, code: RHWO
36	Aimophila cassinii	A. cassinii	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Cassin's Sparrow, code: CASP
37	Agelaius phoeniceus	A. phoeniceus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	Red-winged Blackbird, code: RWBL
38	Trees, canopy cover	Canopy cover	%	Elmore R, Dwayne
39	Proportion	Prop		Elmore R, Dwayne	of visual obstruction as an index to vegetation height
40	Colinus virginianus	C. virginianus	arbitrary units	Elmore R, Dwayne	presence on sample unit = 1, absence = 0

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