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Resources for Grassland Bird Conservation

Management Resources

• Effects of Management Practices on Grassland Birds: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/grasbird/index.htm
• Grassland Birds: fostering habitats using rotational grazing: http://learningstore.uwex.edu/pdf/A3715.pdf
• Grassland Birds in Fields and on Farms: http://scnyat.cce.cornell.edu/grassland/
• Grassland Management and Restoration for Breeding Birds: An Annotated Bibliography: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/literatr/birdbibl/index.htm
• Habitat Establishment, Enhancement and Management for Forest and Grassland Birds in Illinois: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/manbook/index.htm
• Managing Habitat for Grassland Birds: A Guide for Wisconsin: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/wiscbird/
• Managing Agricultural Lands for Grassland Birds: http://www.massaudubon.org/Birds_&_Beyond/grassland/agricultural.php
• Managing Small Grasslands for Grassland Birds: http://www.massaudubon.org/Birds_&_Beyond/grassland/small.php
• Managing Large Grasslands for Grassland Birds: http://www.massaudubon.org/Birds_&_Beyond/grassland/large.php
• Management of Midwestern Landscapes for the Conservation of Neotropical Migratory Birds: http://ncrs.fs.fed.us/pubs/viewpub.asp?key=251
• Pastures for Profit: a guide to rotational grazing: http://learningstore.uwex.edu/pdf/A3529.PDF
• Reserve Design for Grasslands - consideration for bird populations: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/desgrs/ref.htm
• Restoring and Maintaining Grasslands for Wildlife: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/wildlife/publ/homeonrange.pdf

Conservation Planning Resources

• Partners in Flight North American Landbird Plan: http://www.partnersinflight.org/cont_plan/default.htm
• Partners in Flight Upper Great Lakes Regional Landbird Plan: http://www.blm.gov/wildlife/pl_16sum.htm
• TNC Great Lakes Ecoregional Plan: http://conserveonline.org/docs/2007/06/
  Great%20Lakes%20Ecoregional%20Plan%20(TNC%201999).pdf
• TNC Prairie-Forest Border Ecoregional Plan: http://conserveonline.org/docs/2007/12/
  PrairieForestBorder_FINALREPORT_wExhibits.pdf
• TNC Superior Mixed Forest Ecoregional Plan: http://conserveonline.org/docs/2003/05/SMF_Ecoregional_Plan.pdf
• Upper Mississippi River and Great Lakes Region Joint Venture All Bird Implementation Plan: http://www.uppermissgreatlakesjv.org/publications.cfm
• Wisconsin All-bird Conservation Plan: http://www.wisconsinbirds.org/plan/
• Wisconsin Wildlife Action Plan: http://dnr.wi.gov/org/land/er/WWAP/

Research and Monitoring Resources

• Breeding Bird Survey – Grassland Bird Trends:  
• http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/trend/guild06.html
• http://www.mbr-pwrc.usgs.gov/bbs/grass/grass.htm
• Handbook of Field Methods for Monitoring Landbirds: http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr144/
• Searchable Ornithological Research Archive: http://elibrary.unm.edu/sora/

Other Information Sources

• Nesting Ecology and Nesting Habitat Requirements of Ohio's Grassland-nesting Birds: A Literature Review: http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/birds/ohionest/index.htm
• NRCS Grassland Bird Leaflet: http://www.mn.nrcs.usda.gov/technical/ecs/wild/gnb.pdf
• Plant Species Composition of Wisconsin Prairies (Technical Bulletin No. 188): http://dnr.wi.gov/org/es/science/publications/tb.htm
• Searchable Database for Passenger Pigeon articles: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/EcoNatRes/Browse.html#agg
• Birds of Wet-mesic and Wet Prairies in Wisconsin – Passenger Pigeon (Summer 1988)
• Birds of Dry-mesic and Dry Prairies in Wisconsin – Passenger Pigeon (Summer 1989)
• Birds of Wisconsin Sedge Meadows – Passenger Pigeon (Spring 1990)
• Birds of Wisconsin Pine and Oak Barrens – Passenger Pigeon (Summer 1991)