Author: Michael M. BentzienPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Agency Review Draft Recovery Plan for the Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma Coerulescens Coerulescens)
Author: Michael M. BentzienPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Birds
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Recovery Plan for the Florida Scrub Jay
Author: Federal Register
Author: Translocation as a Management and Restoration Technique for the Threatened Florida Scrub-jay
Author: Ronald L. MummePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bird populations
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A Conservation Strategy for the Florida Scrub-Jay on John F. Kennedy Space Center/Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge
Author: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722894580
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
The Florida Scrub-Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is an indicator of ecosystem integrity of Florida scrub, an endangered ecosystem that requires frequent fire. One of the largest populations of this federally threatened species occurs on John F. Kennedy Space Center/Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge. Population trends were predicted using population modeling and field data on reproduction and survival of Florida Scrub-Jays collected from 1988 - 1995. Analyses of historical photography indicated that habitat suitability has been declining for 30 years. Field data and computer simulations suggested that the population declined by at least 40% and will decline by another 40% in 1 0 years, if habitat management is not greatly intensified. Data and computer simulations suggest that habitat suitability cannot deviate greatly from optimal for the jay population to persist. Landscape trajectories of vegetation structure, responsible for declining habitat suitability, are associated with the disruption of natural fire regimes. Prescribed fire alone can not reverse the trajectories. A recovery strategy was developed, based on studies of Florida Scrub-Jays and scrub vegetation. A reserve design was formulated based on conservation science principles for scrub ecosystems. The strategy emphasizes frequent fire to restore habitat, but includes mechanical tree cutting for severely degraded areas. Pine thinning across large areas can produce rapid increases in habitat quality. Site-specific strategies will need to be developed, monitored, and modified to achieve conditions suitable for population persistence. Breininger, D. R. and Larson, V. L. and Schaub, R. and Duncan, B. W. and Schmalzer, P. A. and Oddy, D. M. and Smith, R. B. and Adrian, F. and Hill, H., Jr. Kennedy Space Center COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MERRITT ISLAND (FL); CAPE KENNEDY LAUNCH COMPLEX; HABITATS; POPULATIONS; BIRDS; FOREST FIRES; SITE SELECTION; ENVIRONMENT EFFECTS; FOREST MAN...
Renewal of Authorization to Use Pinecastle Range, Ocala National Forest
Author: Social Development in Young Florida Scrub Jays
Author: Kevin J. McGowanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Florida scrub jay
Languages : en
Pages : 334
Book Description
Environmental Assessment Issuance of Permit to Weldon E. Tapper, Brevard County Florida to Incidentally Take Florida Scrub Jays, Aphelocoma Coerulescens Coerulescens
Author: U.S. Fish and Wildlife ServicePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Endangered species
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Bird Population Studies
Author: Christopher M. PerrinsPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
There are more than one thousand species of threatened birds in the world, while many others are valued for sport and some are serious pests. This volume reviews our current understanding of avian population dynamics and explores ways in which population studies can contribute to effective conservation and management. Estimation of demographic parameters, the role of mathematical modelling, and the special problems of island populations and seabird populations are discussed. The emphasis throughout is on how bird populations are regulated under various constraints and conditions, including the impact of environmental changes.
Conservation Catalysts
Author: James N. LevittPublisher: Lincoln Inst of Land Policy
ISBN: 9781558443013
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
"This multi-author volume explores large-landscape conservation projects catalyzed by colleges, universities, independent field stations, and research organizations around the world. These initiatives are grand-scale, cross-boundary, cross-sectoral, and cross-disciplinary efforts to protect working and wild landscapes and waterscapes in Australia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Honduras, Kenya, Tanzania, Trinidad & Tobago, and the United States"--