BLM REA SLV 2013 Proposed Critical Habitat for yellow billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) OR Coccyzus americanus (yellow billed cuckoo)

These data identify, in general, the areas of Proposed critical habitat for Coccyzus americanus (yellow billed cuckoo).

Types: Downloadable; Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, Coccyzus americanus, DOI, Geospatial, All tags... REA, Rapid Ecoregional Assessment, SLV 2013, San Luis Valley, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Vegetation, Wildlife, biota, critical, habitat, yellow billed cuckoo, Fewer tags

Tamarix as Habitat for Birds: Implications for Riparian Restoration in the Southwestern United States

Exotic vegetation has become a major habitat component in many ecosystems around the world, sometimes dramatically changing the vegetation community structure and composition. In the southwestern United States, riparian ecosystems are undergoing major changes in part due to the establishment and spread of the exotic Tamarix (saltcedar, tamarisk). There are concerns about the suitability of Tamarix as habitat for birds. Although Tamarix habitats tend to support fewer species and individuals than native habitats, Arizona Breeding Bird Atlas data and Birds of North America accounts show that 49 species use Tamarix as breeding habitat. Importantly, the relative use of Tamarix and its quality as habitat vary substantially...

Categories: Publication; Types: Citation, Journal Citation; Tags: Coccyzus americanus, Diorhabda, Empidonax traillii extimus, Restoration Ecology, Tamarix, All tags... biocontrol, riparian birds, Fewer tags