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| Web URL(s): | https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2005/051126.pdf Last checked: 01/25/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
| Publication Type: | Professional |
| Author(s): | Merola-Zwartjes, Michele; Delong, John P. |
| Author Affiliation: | Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Title: | Southwestern golf courses offer needed Riparian habitat for birds: A comparison of golf courses with natural areas underscores the importance of golf courses as bird habitat |
| Section: | Research you can use Other records with the "Research you can use" Section |
| Source: | USGA Green Section Record. Vol. 43, No. 6, November/December 2005, p. 26-29. |
| Publishing Information: | Far Hills, NJ: United States Golf Association, Green Section |
| # of Pages: | 4 |
| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Golf courses in the environment; Aves; Riparian zones; Habitats; Biodiversity; Nature conservation; Desert climate |
| Abstract/Contents: | Discusses how urbanization has contributed to the decrease of avian species and addresses concerns regarding the disappearing natural riparian systems in the southwestern United States. Presents a study to determine "whether golf courses might possibly serve as surrogate riparian habitats for breeding birds in the Southwest." Investigates where "the presence of a golf course impacts the native bird community through comparisons of abundance, species richness, diversity, evenness, and productivity between five golf courses and five undisturbed reference areas assumed to represent the original bird communities; whether golf courses support high numbers of typically riparian bird species; and if possible, identify those features of golf courses that are most conducive to supporting high numbers of native and riparian bird species." Results included that "golf courses supported a greater number of birds than surrounding natural areas, a response that is common throughout studies of avian responses to urbanization." Results also included that "avian species richness and/or diversity does not respond to urbanization in a linear fashion, but instead peaks at a level of intermediate disturbance or development." Examines the "strong positive correlation between bird species diversity and habitat diversity such that any increase in habitat diversity, particularly in a relatively simple landscape such as a desert" and describes the "impact of a golf course on avian community composition in the desert environment." Concludes that "the conservation value of golf course habitats in this desert region could be improved to support greater number of native birds and exclude more invasive exotic or pest species by increasing the complex vertical structure and diversity of plant species composition in the out-of-play areas on the courses, and, in particular, by increasing the extent and usage of native plants." |
| Language: | English |
| References: | 0 |
| See Also: | See also USGA TERO version, "Southwestern golf courses offer needed Riparian habitat for birds" USGA Turfgrass and Environmental Research Online, July 15, 2005, 4(14) p.[1-18] R=105550R=105550 |
| Note: | Pictures, color |
| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-like – may be incomplete): | Merola-Zwartjes, M., and J. P. DeLong. 2005. Southwestern golf courses offer needed Riparian habitat for birds: A comparison of golf courses with natural areas underscores the importance of golf courses as bird habitat. USGA Green Sec. Rec. 43(6):p. 26-29. |
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| Web URL(s) : | https://gsrpdf.lib.msu.edu/?file=/2000s/2005/051126.pdf Last checked: 01/25/2017 Requires: PDF Reader |
| MSU catalog number: | SB 433.15 .U84 |
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