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Fire ecology in northern sedge meadows: Factors influencing yellow rails and other birds at Seney National Wildlife Refuge

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The yellow rail is a focal species of concern associated with shallowly flooded emergent wetlands, most commonly sedge meadows. Yellow rail populations are believed to be limited by loss or degradation of wetland habitat due to drainage, altered hydrology, and fire suppression, factors which have resulted in encroachment of shrubs and change in vegetative cover in many sedge meadows. Fire suppression and altered hydrology often have resulted in the encroachment of tall shrubs and trees into open sedge meadow peatlands, altering vegetation structure and community composition and in turn the bird community. Seney National Wildlife Refuge, located in the upper peninsula of Michigan, has extensive sedge meadows and an active fire program, [...]

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Jane Austin

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