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|aJohnson, Kirsten Elaine.
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|aA Multi-Regional Assessment of Factors Influencing American Woodcock Use of Managed Early Successional Communities.
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|aAnn Arbor : |bProQuest Dissertations & Theses, |c2020
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|a156 p.
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|aSource: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 82-06.
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|aAdvisor: Larkin, Jeffery L.
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|aThesis (M.S.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2020.
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|aThis item must not be sold to any third party vendors.
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|aAmerican Woodcock (Scolopax minor) are a broadly distributed species associated with early-successional forests of the eastern U.S. Similar to other young forest species, populations have declined precipitously in conjunction with habitat loss. Habitat management efforts for the Golden-winged Warbler have been implemented at a regional scale within the breeding range of the American Woodcock. I evaluated the extent to which habitats managed for Golden-winged Warbler benefit American Woodcock on the breeding grounds. I monitored recently managed sites in the Appalachian Mountains and Great Lakes regions from 2015-2017, comparing woodcock density, microhabitat characteristics, and landscape composition at two scales. Woodcock density at my study sites was nearly three times higher in the Great Lakes, similar to population level differences between the Appalachians and Western Great Lakes. At the microhabitat scale, woodcock exhibited a preference for sites with lower residual basal area and density was higher in larger sites. At the landscape scale, woodcock were most influenced by the amount of mature upland forest in the surrounding 500-1,000 m. Increasing levels of mature upland forest resulted in decreasing density of singing males. These results indicate that habitat managed for Golden-winged Warbler provides conditions that support woodcock during the breeding season. Further, these findings provide valuable insight for land managers and landowners implementing habitat management for woodcock and associated species.
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|aSchool code: 0318.
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|aWildlife management.
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|aConservation biology.
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|aEcology.
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|aLandscape architecture.
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|aLand use planning.
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|aWildlife conservation.
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|aAmerican Woodcock
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|aHabitat
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|aEarly-successional forests
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|aUnited States
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|aGolden-wing Warbler
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|aMicrohabitat
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|aLandscape composition
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|aAppalachians
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|aWestern Great LAkes
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|aUpland forest
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|aLand manager
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|aIndiana University of Pennsylvania.|bBiology.
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|tMasters Abstracts International|g82-06.
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|aM.S.
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|a2020
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