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Title

Effects of vegetation, corridor width and regional land use on early successional birds on powerline corridors

Authors

Robert A. Askins, Connecticut CollegeFollow
Corrine M. Folsom-O'Keefe, Connecticut College
Margaret C. Hardy

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-20-2012

Comments

Initially published by PLoS One online, 2012.

© 2012 Askins et al

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031520

http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0031520

Abstract

Powerline rights-of-way (ROWs) often provide habitat for early successional bird species that have suffered long-term population declines in eastern North America. To determine how the abundance of shrubland birds varies with habitat within ROW corridors and with land use patterns surrounding corridors, we ran Poisson regression models on data from 93 plots on ROWs and compared regression coefficients. We also determined nest success rates on a 1-km stretch of ROW. Seven species of shrubland birds were common in powerline corridors. However, the nest success rates for prairie warbler (Dendroica discolor) and field sparrow (Spizella pusilla) were

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Recommended Citation

Askins RA, Folsom-O’Keefe CM, Hardy MC (2012) Effects of Vegetation, Corridor Width and Regional Land Use on Early Successional Birds on Powerline Corridors. PLoS ONE 7(2): e31520. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0031520